γεωργ-έω,
to be a husbandman, farmer, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 805e, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 14.2, etc.; γ. ἐν τῇ γῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.92; ἐν τῇ Νάξῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4c, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γεωργεῖς ἐκ τούτων you have become a landed proprietor by these means (i. e. the fruits of treason), [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.314: with _accusative_ _cognate_, γεωργίαν ζῶσαν γ.] Refs 4th c.BC+] of pastoral nomads, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1256a35:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, οἱ γεωργούμενοι [[Aristeas 112. ] Refs]
__II with accusative, till, plough, cultivate, πολλήν (i.e. γῆν) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 592 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς ἄλλας [νήσους] [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.88; γεωργῶν τὰ ἐκείνων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, of land, [[ “IG” 9(1).61 (from Daulis)] Refs]; χώρας γεγεωργημένης καὶ γεωργηθησομένης [[ “SIG” 685.80 (from Crete)] Refs]; τὰ γεωργούμενα φυτά [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 896a10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 generally, cultivate, ἐλαίαν [[ “Geoponica” 9.2.6: hence, γ. ἔλαιον, οἶνον] Refs], produce it, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 49.36, compare “IG” 22.1100; τοῦ γεωργουμένου οἴνου “Geoponica” 6.7.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 metaphorically, work at a thing, practise or exploit it, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.82; φιλίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.776b; τέχνην 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 6.6; τὸν ἱππόδρομον 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 35.13 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; cultivate, ψυχὰς δόγμασι [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.348. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]