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γεωργέω

γεωργέω, to be a husbandman, farmer

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γεωργοῦσι present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of γεωργέω

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γεωργ-έω,
  • to be a husbandman, farmer, Pl. Lg. 805e, X. Oec. 14.2, etc.; γ. ἐν τῇ γῇ And. 1.92; ἐν τῇ Νάξῳ Pl. Euthphr. 4c, etc.; γεωργεῖς ἐκ τούτων you have become a landed proprietor by these means (i. e. the fruits of treason), D. 19.314: c. acc. cogn., γεωργίαν ζῶσαν γ. of pastoral nomads, Arist. Pol. 1256a35:—Med., οἱ γεωργούμενοι Aristeas 112.
    • II c. acc., till, plough, cultivate, πολλήν (sc. γῆν) Ar. Ec. 592; τὰς ἄλλας [νήσους] Th. 3.88; γεωργῶν τὰ ἐκείνων D. 18.41:—Pass., of land, IG 9(1).61 (Daulis); χώρας γεγεωργημένης καὶ γεωργηθησομένης SIG 685.80 (Crete); τὰ γεωργούμενα φυτά Arist. Pr. 896a10.
      • 2 generally, cultivate, ἐλαίαν Gp. 9.2.6: hence, γ. ἔλαιον, οἶνον, produce it, D.C. 49.36, cf. IG 2(2).1100; τοῦ γεωργουμένου οἴνου Gp. 6.7.2.
      • 3 metaph., work at a thing, practise or exploit it, D. 25.82; φιλίαν Plu. Max. cum princip. 2.776b; τέχνην Hld. 6.6; τὸν ἱππόδρομον Lib. Or. 35.13; cultivate, ψυχὰς δόγμασι Ph. 2.348.
      • 4 of a river, fertilize, Philostr. Im. 1.11, Ep. 59, Hld. 2.28.

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