Strong G60ἀγοραῖος
of the marketplace
- Transliteration
- agoraios
- Pronunciation
- ag-or-ah'-yos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G58; relating to the market place that is forensic (times); by implication vulgar: - baser sort low.
Detailed definition
ἀγοραῖος, -ον
(ἀγορά),
1. frequenting the ἀγορά , a lounger in the ἀγορά (Xen., al.): Act.17:5.
2. In late writers (Strab., al.), proper to the ἀγορά : ἀγοραῖοι (sc. ἥμεραι) ἀγονται (cf. Lat. conventus agere), court-days are kept, Act.19:38 (for exx. of both usages, see MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)
(ἀγορά),
1. frequenting the ἀγορά , a lounger in the ἀγορά (Xen., al.): Act.17:5.
2. In late writers (Strab., al.), proper to the ἀγορά : ἀγοραῖοι (sc. ἥμεραι) ἀγονται (cf. Lat. conventus agere), court-days are kept, Act.19:38 (for exx. of both usages, see MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G60 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- law1
- sort1
First verses
- Acts 17:5But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
- Acts 19:38Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγοραῖος [ᾰγ], ον,
(feminine -αία epithet of Artemis and Athena, see below):— in, of, or belonging to the ἀγορά, Ζεὺς Ἀ. as guardian of popular assemblies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.46, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 973 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 70)]; Ἑρμῆς Ἀ. as patron of traffic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 297, compare “IPE” 12.128 (from Olbia), “IG” 12(8).67 (from Thasos), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.15.1)]; Ἄρτεμις Ἀ. at Olympia, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.15.4)]; Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀ. at Sparta, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.11.9; generally, θεοὶ ἀ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 90.)]
2 of things, τὰ ἀ. details of market-business, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 425c.)]
II frequenting the market, ὁ ἀ. ὄχλος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.23; δήμου εἶδος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1291b19, etc.; τὸ ἀ. πλῆθος.. τὸ περὶ τὰς πράσεις καὶ τὰς ὠνὰς καὶ τὰς ἐμπορίας καὶ καπηλείας διατρῖβον [prev. work] 1291a4:)] —ἀγοραῖοι (with or without ἄνθρωποι), οἱ, those who frequented the ἀγορά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.93, 2.141)]; opposed to ἔμποροι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.13)], but = traders (i.e. sutlers), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 2.2)]:—hence, the common sort, low fellows, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1015, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 347c, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 6.2)]; of agitators, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Act.17.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 38)]: comparative, the baser sort, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus Euerg. 1)]. adverb -αίως, λέγειν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 10.11.)]
II.2 of things, vulgar, σκώμματα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 750; τοὺς νοῦς ἀ. ἧττον.. ποιῶ [prev. author] “fragment” 471)]; ἀ. φιλία (opposed to ἐλευθέριος) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1162b26)]; common, ἄρτοι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Lynceus Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.109d.)]
III generally, proper to the ἀγορά, skilled in, suited for forensic speaking, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 11, +others:)] —ἀγοραος (i.e. ἡμέρα) court-day, assize, τὰς ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.4.12)]; ἄγειν τὴν ἀ. Epist. Galb. cited in [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.10.21, cf. NT.Act.19.38, “IGRom.” 4.790.)]adverb -ως in forensic style, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 4, “Ant.” 24.)]
III.2 ἀγοραῖος, ὁ, = tabellio, notary, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 50(26).94, “Edict.Diocl.” 7.41, “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)]; also, pleader, advocate, in plural, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.36.)]
III.2.b ἀγοραῖος, ἡ, market-day, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 4.1381 (from Lydia). (The distinction ἀγόραιος)] vulgar, ἀγοραῖος public speaker, drawn by [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Ammonius Epigrammaticus, etc., is probably fictitious.))]
(feminine -αία epithet of Artemis and Athena, see below):— in, of, or belonging to the ἀγορά, Ζεὺς Ἀ. as guardian of popular assemblies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.46, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 973 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 70)]; Ἑρμῆς Ἀ. as patron of traffic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 297, compare “IPE” 12.128 (from Olbia), “IG” 12(8).67 (from Thasos), 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.15.1)]; Ἄρτεμις Ἀ. at Olympia, [Refs ([prev. author] 5.15.4)]; Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀ. at Sparta, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.11.9; generally, θεοὶ ἀ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 90.)]
2 of things, τὰ ἀ. details of market-business, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 425c.)]
II frequenting the market, ὁ ἀ. ὄχλος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.23; δήμου εἶδος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1291b19, etc.; τὸ ἀ. πλῆθος.. τὸ περὶ τὰς πράσεις καὶ τὰς ὠνὰς καὶ τὰς ἐμπορίας καὶ καπηλείας διατρῖβον [prev. work] 1291a4:)] —ἀγοραῖοι (with or without ἄνθρωποι), οἱ, those who frequented the ἀγορά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.93, 2.141)]; opposed to ἔμποροι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 3.13)], but = traders (i.e. sutlers), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 2.2)]:—hence, the common sort, low fellows, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1015, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 347c, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 6.2)]; of agitators, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Act.17.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 38)]: comparative, the baser sort, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus Euerg. 1)]. adverb -αίως, λέγειν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 10.11.)]
II.2 of things, vulgar, σκώμματα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 750; τοὺς νοῦς ἀ. ἧττον.. ποιῶ [prev. author] “fragment” 471)]; ἀ. φιλία (opposed to ἐλευθέριος) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1162b26)]; common, ἄρτοι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Lynceus Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.109d.)]
III generally, proper to the ἀγορά, skilled in, suited for forensic speaking, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 11, +others:)] —ἀγοραος (i.e. ἡμέρα) court-day, assize, τὰς ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.4.12)]; ἄγειν τὴν ἀ. Epist. Galb. cited in [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.10.21, cf. NT.Act.19.38, “IGRom.” 4.790.)]adverb -ως in forensic style, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 4, “Ant.” 24.)]
III.2 ἀγοραῖος, ὁ, = tabellio, notary, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 50(26).94, “Edict.Diocl.” 7.41, “Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)]; also, pleader, advocate, in plural, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.36.)]
III.2.b ἀγοραῖος, ἡ, market-day, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 4.1381 (from Lydia). (The distinction ἀγόραιος)] vulgar, ἀγοραῖος public speaker, drawn by [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Ammonius Epigrammaticus, etc., is probably fictitious.))]