ἀγρός, οῦ, ὁ,
field, mostly in plural, fields, lands, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.832, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.757, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.149, etc.; opposed to κῆποι, Theopomp. Hist. 89] Refs 8th c.BC+]; singular, farm, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.205] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also in plural, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.1] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—tilled land, opposed to fallow, ἀγρὸς καὶ ἀργός, Ἀθηνᾶ[[ 20.167 (from Erythrae). ] Refs]
__2 country, opposed to town, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.182, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 884, etc.; ἀγρὸν τὰν πόλιν ποιεῖς 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 169] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγρῷ in the country, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.188] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀγροῦ in the country, [[ 1.190, 22.47; ἐπ᾽ ἀγρὸῦ νόσφι πόληος 1.185; in _plural_, κατὰ πτόλιν ἠὲ κατ᾽ ἀγρούς 17.18; ἐν οἴκοις ἢ 'ν ἀγροῖς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 112] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀγρῶν[[ [prev. work] 1049; ἀγροῖσι [prev. author] “El.” 313; τὸν ἐξ ἀγρῶν [prev. author] “OT” 1051; τὰ ἐξ ἀγρῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, compare 14; κατ᾽ ἀγρούς 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 318, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 881c; οἰκεῖν ἐν ἀγρῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 387.2] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐν ἀγρῷγιγνόμενα fruits, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.4, compare “An.” 5.3.9:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —proverbial, οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις, ἀγροῦπλέως, i.e. boorish, [[ 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]—Rare in later Greek, [[ NT.Mark.15.21, “PAmh.” 2.134.5, “POxy.” 967] NT]. [ᾰ by nature, so always in Comedy texts, except[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 579, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 116] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾱγρόθεν in [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Comedy texts 19] Refs 7th c.BC+] is paratragoedia] (Cf. Sanskrit ájras 'plain', probably from aj 'drive' (compare ἄγω), i.e. pasture.)