ἄγροικος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀγροῖκος (agroîkos)

Etymology

From ἀγρός (agrós) +‎ οἰκέω (oikéō).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ᾰ̓́γροικος • (ágroikos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́γροικον); second declension

1. country-dwelling, rustic
2. (figuratively) coarse, crude, boorish

   Antonym: ἀστεῖος (asteîos)

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: αγροίκος (agroíkos)

Further reading

• “ἄγροικος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγροικος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄγροικος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγροικος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • awkward idem, page 56.
  • bluff idem, page 85.
  • blunt idem, page 86.
  • boor idem, page 89.
  • boorish idem, page 89.
  • bred idem, page 97.
  • broad idem, page 100.
  • bucolic idem, page 102.
  • bumpkin idem, page 104.
  • churl idem, page 132.
  • churlish idem, page 132.
  • clod-hopper idem, page 138.
  • clown idem, page 140.
  • clownish idem, page 140.
  • coarse idem, page 140.
  • country idem, page 178.
  • countryman idem, page 178.
  • discourteous idem, page 231.
  • gross idem, page 374.
  • hind idem, page 400.
  • impolite idem, page 422.
  • inattentive idem, page 427.
  • offensive idem, page 571.
  • rough idem, page 722.
  • rural idem, page 727.
  • rustic idem, page 728.
  • sylvan idem, page 850.
  • thick-skinned idem, page 866.
  • uncivil idem, page 909.
  • uncourtly idem, page 911.
  • underbred idem, page 913.
  • ungallant idem, page 919.
  • unmannerly idem, page 925.
  • unpolished idem, page 927.
  • unrefined idem, page 929.
  • unsophisticated idem, page 932.
  • vulgar idem, page 958.
  • wild idem, page 979.