marketplace

Greek Noun Female

ἀγορά, -ας, ἡ (ἀγείρω, to bring together) [in LXX for עִזָּבוֹן, שׁוּק;] 1) an assembly (Hom, Xen, al.). 2) a place of assembly, a public place or forum, a market-place (Hom, Thuc, al; LXX): Mat.11:16 20:2 23:7, Mrk.6:56 (cf. MM, VGT, see word, ἀγυιά) 7:4 (Bl, §46, 7) 12:38, Luk.7:32 (Bl, l.with) 11:43 20:46, Act.16:19 17:7 (Cremer, 59; MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

marketplace

Greek Noun Female

ἀγορά [ᾰγ], ᾶς, Ionic dialect ἀγορή, ῆς, ἡ, (ἀγείρω):— assembly, especially of the People, opposed to the Council of Chiefs, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοῖσιν δ᾽ οὔτ᾽ ἀγοραὶ βουληφόροι (i.e. Κυκλώπεσσι) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀ. Πυλάτιδες, of the Amphictyonic Council at Pylae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγορήνδε καλέσσασθαι, κηρύσσειν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγορὴν ποιήσασθαι, θέσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀ. ἰέναι, ἀγέρεσθαι,[Refs 8th c.BC+]—Not common in Prose, ἀγορὰν συνάγειν, συλλέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the assembly in Attic demes, [Refs 4th c.BC+], = Latin conventus agere, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]“Bis Acc.” 4,12: meeting for games, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) place of assembly, τοὺς δ᾽ εὗρ᾽ εἰν ἀγορῇ[Refs 8th c.BC+] II.2) market-place, perhaps not earlier than [Refs]; frequently in later authors, πρυμνοῖς ἀγορᾶς ἔπι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐκ τῆς ἀ. market people, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀ. ἐμβάλλειν to go into the forum, i. e. be a citizen, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι to trade in the market, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν ἀ. χειροτονεῖν (opposed to ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον) 'for the market', [Refs 1st c.BC+] III) business of the ἀγορά: III.1) public speaking, gift of speaking, mostly in plural, ἔσχ᾽ ἀγοράων withheld him from speaking, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ δ᾽ ἀγορὰς ἀγόρευον[Refs 8th c.BC+] III.2) market, ἀγορὰν παρασκευάζειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀγορᾷ χρῆσθαι to have supplies,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐλευθέρα, i. e. καθαρὰ τῶν ὠνίων πάντων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, provisions, supplies, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in plural, Nic.Dam.p.6.17 [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀγορὰς περικόπτειν cut off supplies, [Refs 1st c.BC+] III.2.b) market, sale, ἀ. τῶν βιβλίων, τῶν παρθένων, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) as a mark of time, ἀ. πλήθουσα the forenoon, when the market-place was full, ἀγορῆς πληθυούσης[Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ or ἀμφὶ ἀ. πλήθουσαν[Refs 5th c.BC+] the time just after mid-day, when they went home from market, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) marketday, = Latin nundinae, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

probably akin to g1453 (ἐγείρω)); properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort); by implication, a market or thoroughfare; market(-place), street; from (to gather