γεωργ-ός, όν,
(γῆ, ἔργον) tilling the ground, βοίδιον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1036 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; fertilizing, Νεῖλος [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 13.39:] Refs 4th c.AD+] —as substantive, γεωργός, ὁ, husbandman, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 296, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276b, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ γ., opposed to οἱ μισθαρνοῦντες, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1296b28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but γ., opposed to ὁ δεσπότης τοῦ χωρίου, [[ “IG” 22.1100] Refs]; so of vine-dressers, gardeners, etc., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 178d, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.28 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. ὄχλος the peasantry, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.53 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; γ. βίος probably in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 589; δένδρων ὧν γ. αἵδε αἱ χεῖρες 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 2.26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]