γεωργός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γεω- (geō-, “earth”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) + -ος (-os).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡe.ɔːr.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡe.orˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝe.orˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝe.orˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝe.orˈɣos/
Adjective
γεωργός • (geōrgós) m or f (neuter γεωργόν); second declension (Attic, Ionic)
- tilling the ground
- fertilizing
- (nominalized, m) farmer
Declension
| 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 geōrgắ | ||||||||
| Genitive | γεωργοῦ geōrgoû |
γεωργοῦ geōrgoû |
γεωργοῖν geōrgoîn |
γεωργοῖν geōrgoîn |
γεωργῶν geōrgôn |
γεωργῶν geōrgôn | ||||||||
| Dative | γεωργῷ geōrgōî |
γεωργῷ geōrgōî |
γεωργοῖν geōrgoîn |
γεωργοῖν geōrgoîn |
γεωργοῖς geōrgoîs |
γεωργοῖς geōrgoîs | ||||||||
| Accusative | γεωργόν geōrgón |
γεωργόν geōrgón |
γεωργώ geōrgṓ |
γεωργώ geōrgṓ |
γεωργούς geōrgoús |
γεωργᾰ́ geōrgắ | ||||||||
| Vocative | γεωργέ geōrgé |
γεωργόν geōrgón |
γεωργώ geōrgṓ |
γεωργώ geōrgṓ |
γεωργοί geōrgoí |
γεωργᾰ́ geōrgắ | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| γεωργῶς geōrgôs |
γεωργότερος geōrgóteros |
γεωργότᾰτος geōrgótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γῆ (> COMP > γεωργός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 269-70
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 (2006–2025)
- 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[1], 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.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γεωργός (geōrgós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝe.orˈɣos/
Noun
γεωργός • (georgós) m (plural γεωργοί)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | γεωργός (georgós) | γεωργοί (georgoí) |
| genitive | γεωργού (georgoú) | γεωργών (georgón) |
| accusative | γεωργό (georgó) | γεωργούς (georgoús) |
| vocative | γεωργέ (georgé) | γεωργοί (georgoí) |
Derived terms
- γεωργία f (georgía, “agriculture”)