ἀγορά [ᾰγ], ᾶς,
Ionic dialect ἀγορή, ῆς, ἡ, (ἀγείρω):—
assembly, especially
of the People, opposed to the Council of Chiefs, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοῖσιν δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι (i.e. Κυκλώπεσσι) [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. Πυλάτιδες, of the
Amphictyonic Council at Pylae, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγορήνδε καλέσσασθαι, κηρύσσειν, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγορὴν ποιήσασθαι, θέσθαι, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀ. ἰέναι, ἀγέρεσθαι,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]—Not common in Prose, ἀγορὰν συνάγειν, συλλέγειν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the assembly in Attic demes, [
Refs 4th c.BC+], = Latin
conventus agere, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]“Bis Acc.” 4,12:
meeting for games, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
place of assembly, τοὺς δ᾽ εὗρ᾽ εἰν ἀγορῇ[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2)
market-place, perhaps not earlier than [
Refs]; frequently in later authors, πρυμνοῖς ἀγορᾶς ἔπι[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀ.
market people, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀ. ἐμβάλλειν to go into
the forum, i. e. be a citizen, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι to trade in
the market, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν ἀ. χειροτονεῖν (opposed to ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον) 'for
the market', [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III)
business of the ἀγορά:
III.1)
public speaking, gift of speaking, mostly in
plural, ἔσχ᾽ ἀγοράων withheld him
from speaking, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ δ᾽ ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.2)
market, ἀγορὰν παρασκευάζειν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀγορᾷ χρῆσθαι to have
supplies,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐλευθέρα, i. e. καθαρὰ τῶν ὠνίων πάντων, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally,
provisions, supplies, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in
plural, Nic.Dam.p.6.17 [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀγορὰς περικόπτειν cut off
supplies, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.2.b)
market, sale, ἀ. τῶν βιβλίων, τῶν παρθένων, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV) as a mark of time, ἀ. πλήθουσα
the forenoon, when the market-place was full, ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ or ἀμφὶ ἀ. πλήθουσαν[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
the time just after mid-day, when they went home from market, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V)
marketday, = Latin
nundinae, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]