LOGOI

The corpus record

γεωργ-ός

georgos

tilling the ground

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Where it lives

  • Hipparchus 2 · 8.87/10k
  • Theages 3 · 8.64/10k
  • 2 Timothy 1 · 8.34/10k
  • Minos 2 · 7.01/10k
  • Joel 1 · 6.49/10k
  • James 1 · 5.85/10k
  • Economics 9 · 5.06/10k
  • Politics 31 · 4.75/10k
  • Mark 5 · 4.54/10k
  • Lovers 1 · 4.18/10k
  • Critias 2 · 4.05/10k
  • Euthyphro 2 · 3.87/10k

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

tilling the ground, fertilizing, husbandman, the peasantry

tilling the ground, βοίδιον Ar. Ach. 1036; fertilizing, Νεῖλος Lib. Or. 13.39:—as Subst., γεωργός, ὁ, husbandman, Hdt. 4.18, Ar. Pax 296, Pl. Phdr. 276b, etc.; οἱ γ., opp. οἱ μισθαρνοῦντες, Arist. Pol. 1296b28; but γ., opp. ὁ δεσπότης τοῦ χωρίου, IG 2(2).1100; so of vine-dressers, gardeners, etc., Pl. Tht. 178d, Ael. NA 7.28; γ. ὄχλος the peasantry, D.H. 10.53; γ. βίος prob. in Ar. Pax 589; δένδρων ὧν γ. αἵδε αἱ χεῖρες Philostr. VA 2.26.

In the wild

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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