ἀγορά

See also: αγορά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ᾰ̓γορή (agorḗ) – Epic, Ionic
ᾰ̓́γυρις (águris) – Aeolic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *agorā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂, from *h₂ger- (“to gather”); equivalent to ᾰ̓γείρω (ageírō, “to gather”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀒𐀨 (a-ko-ra).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡo.rǎː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡoˈra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ɣoˈra/

Noun

ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ • (agorā́) f (genitive ᾰ̓γορᾶς); first declension

assembly, especially an assembly of the people (as opposed to a council, βουλή (boulḗ))
the place of assembly
speech
market, marketplace
things sold at market, provisions, supplies
sale
the time of market: midday

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓γορᾱ́; τῆς ᾰ̓γορᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ hē agorā́	τὼ ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ tṑ agorā́	αἱ ᾰ̓γοραί hai agoraí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓γορᾶς tês agorâs	τοῖν ᾰ̓γοραῖν toîn agoraîn	τῶν ᾰ̓γορῶν tôn agorôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓γορᾷ têi agorâi	τοῖν ᾰ̓γοραῖν toîn agoraîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓γοραῖς taîs agoraîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ν tḕn agorā́n	τὼ ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ tṑ agorā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ς tā̀s agorā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ agorā́	ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ agorā́	ᾰ̓γοραί agoraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ᾰ̓γορᾰ́ζω (agorázō)
ᾰ̓γοραῖος (agoraîos)
ᾰ̓γορανόμος (agoranómos)
ἀγοράομαι (agoráomai)
ᾰ̓γορεύω (agoreúō)
Ἀθηναγόρας (Athēnagóras)
Ἀναξᾰγόρᾱς (Anaxagórās)
Διαγόρας (Diagóras)
Ἑρμαγόρας (Hermagóras)
Εὐαγόρας (Euagóras)
Ἰσαγόρας (Isagóras)
πᾰνήγῠρῐς (panḗguris)
Πνυταγόρας (Pnutagóras)
Πρωταγόρας (Prōtagóras)
Πῡθᾰγόρᾱς (Pūthagórās)
συνήγορος (sunḗgoros)

Descendants

→ Coptic: ⲁⲅⲟⲣⲁ (agora)
→ English: agora
→ French: agora
> Greek: αγορά (agorá) (inherited)

References

“ἀγορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀγορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀγορά 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
ἀγορά in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
“ἀγορά”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G58 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
ἀγορά in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bazaar idem, page 66.
- market idem, page 514.
- mart idem, page 515.