γεωργός

γεωργός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From γῆ (gê, “earth”) +‎ ἔργον (érgon, “work”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.ɔːr.ɡós/ → /ʝe.orˈɣos/ → /ʝe.orˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡe.ɔːr.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡe.orˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.orˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝe.orˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝe.orˈɣos/

Adjective

γεωργός • (geōrgós) m or f (neuter γεωργόν); second declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. tilling the ground
2. fertilizing

Declension

Second declension of γεωργός; γεωργόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γεωργός geōrgós	γεωργόν geōrgón		γεωργώ geōrgṓ	γεωργώ geōrgṓ		γεωργοί geōrgoí	γεωργᾰ́ geōrgá
Genitive		γεωργοῦ geōrgoû	γεωργοῦ geōrgoû		γεωργοῖν geōrgoîn	γεωργοῖν geōrgoîn		γεωργῶν geōrgôn	γεωργῶν geōrgôn
Dative		γεωργῷ geōrgôi	γεωργῷ geōrgôi		γεωργοῖν geōrgoîn	γεωργοῖν geōrgoîn		γεωργοῖς geōrgoîs	γεωργοῖς geōrgoîs
Accusative		γεωργόν geōrgón	γεωργόν geōrgón		γεωργώ geōrgṓ	γεωργώ geōrgṓ		γεωργούς geōrgoús	γεωργᾰ́ geōrgá
Vocative		γεωργέ geōrgé	γεωργόν geōrgón		γεωργώ geōrgṓ	γεωργώ geōrgṓ		γεωργοί geōrgoí	γεωργᾰ́ geōrgá
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		γεωργῶς geōrgôs			γεωργότερος geōrgóteros			γεωργότᾰτος geōrgótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Composed of γῆ (gê) +‎ -ουργός (-ourgós), literally “earth-worker”, similar to the above.

Noun

γεωργός • (geōrgós) m (genitive γεωργοῦ); second declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. farmer

Declension

Second declension of ὁ γεωργός; τοῦ γεωργοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γεωργός ho geōrgós	τὼ γεωργώ tṑ geōrgṓ	οἱ γεωργοί hoi geōrgoí
Genitive	τοῦ γεωργοῦ toû geōrgoû	τοῖν γεωργοῖν toîn geōrgoîn	τῶν γεωργῶν tôn geōrgôn
Dative	τῷ γεωργῷ tôi geōrgôi	τοῖν γεωργοῖν toîn geōrgoîn	τοῖς γεωργοῖς toîs geōrgoîs
Accusative	τὸν γεωργόν tòn geōrgón	τὼ γεωργώ tṑ geōrgṓ	τοὺς γεωργούς toùs geōrgoús
Vocative	γεωργέ geōrgé	γεωργώ geōrgṓ	γεωργοί geōrgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γεωργία (geōrgía, “agriculture”)
• γεωργικός (geōrgikós)
• Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios)

Further reading

• “γεωργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γεωργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γεωργός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• γεωργός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• G1092 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • agriculturalist idem, page 20.
  • countryman idem, page 178.
  • cultivator idem, page 189.
  • farmer idem, page 307.
  • husbandman idem, page 412.
  • peasant idem, page 601.
  • rustic idem, page 728.

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γεωργός (geōrgós).

Noun

γεωργός • (georgós) m (plural γεωργοί)

1. farmer

Declension

declension of γεωργός

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	γεωργός •	γεωργοί •
genitive	γεωργού •	γεωργών •
accusative	γεωργό •	γεωργούς •
vocative	γεωργέ •	γεωργοί •

Derived terms

• γεωργία f (georgía, “agriculture”)