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Strong's #60 - ἀγοραῖος
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- in, of or belonging to the market place
- frequenting the market place
- hucksters, petty traffickers, retail dealers
- idlers, loungers, the common sort, low, mean vulgar
- generally, proper to the assembly, suited to forensic speaking, business-like transactions
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ἀγοραῖος [ᾰγ], ον, (fem. -αία epith. of Artemis and Athena, v. infr.): —
I
1. in, of, or belonging to the ἀγορά, Ζεὺς Ἀ. as guardian of popular assemblies, Hdt. 5.46, A. Eu. 973 (lyr.), E. Heracl. 70; Ἑρμῆς Ἀ. as patron of traffic, Ar. Eq. 297, cf. IPE 12.128 (Olbia), IG 12(8).67 (Thasos), Paus. 1.15.1; Ἄρτεμις Ἀ. at Olympia, Id. 5.15.4; Ἀθηνᾶ Ἀ. at Sparta, Id. 3.11.9; generally, θεοὶ ἀ. A. Ag. 90.
2. of things, τὰ ἀ. details of market-business, Pl. R. 425c.
II
1. frequenting the market, ὁ ἀ. ὄχλος X. HG 6.2.23; δήμου εἶδος Arist. Pol. 1291b19, etc.; τὸ ἀ. πλῆθος.. τὸ περὶ τὰς πράσεις καὶ τὰς ὠνὰς καὶ τὰς ἐμπορίας καὶ καπηλείας διατρῖβον ib. 1291a4: — ἀγοραῖοι (with or without ἄνθρωποι), οἱ, those who frequented the ἀγορά, Hdt. 1.93, 2.141; opp. ἔμποροι, X. Vect. 3.13, but = traders (i.e. sutlers), Ael. Tact. 2.2: — hence, the common sort, low fellows, Ar. Ra. 1015, Pl. Prt. 347c, Thphr. Char. 6.2; of agitators, Acts 17:5, Plu. Aem. 38: Comp., the baser sort, Ptol. Euerg. 1. Adv. -αίως, λέγειν D.H. Rh. 10.11.
2. of things, vulgar, σκώμματα Ar. Pax 750; τοὺς νοῦς ἀ. ἧττον.. ποιῶ Id. Fr. 471; ἀ. φιλία (opp. ἐλευθέριος) Arist. EN 1162b26; common, ἄρτοι Lync. ap. Ath. 3.109d.
III generally, proper to the ἀγορά,
1. skilled in, suited for forensic speaking, Plu. Per. 11, al.: — ἀγοραος (sc. ἡμέρα) court-day, assize, τὰς ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι Str. 13.4.12; ἄγειν τὴν ἀ. Epist. Galb. ap. J. AJ 14.10.21, cf. Acts 19:38, IGRom. 4.790. Adv. -ως in forensic style, Plu. CG 4, Ant. 24.
2. ἀγοραῖος, ὁ, = tabellio, notary, Aristid. Or. 50(26).94, Edict.Diocl. 7.41, Gloss.; also, pleader, advocate, in pl., Philostr. VA 6.36. ἀγοραῖος, ἡ, market-day, IGRom. 4.1381 (Lydia). (The distn. ἀγόραιος vulgar, ἀγοραῖος public speaker, drawn by Ammon., etc., is prob. fictitious.)
ἀγοραῖος (rarely ), (ἀγορά), relating to the marketplace;
1. frequenting the market-place (either transacting business, as the κάπηλοί, or) sauntering idly (Latinsubrostranus,subbasilicanus, German Pfiastertreter, our loafer): Acts 17:5 (Plato, Prot. 347 c. ἀγοραῖοι καί φαῦλοι, Aristophanes ran. 1015, others).
2. of affairs usually transacted in the marketplace: ἀγοραῖοι (namely, ἡμέραι (Winer's Grammar, 590 (549)) or σύνοδοι (Meyer and others)) ἄγονται, judicial days or assemblies (A. V. marginal reading court-days), Acts 19:38 (τὰς ἀγοραίους ποιεῖσθαι, Strabo 13, p. 932), but many think we ought to read ἀγοραῖοι here, so G L cf. Winers Grammar, 53 (52); but see (Alford and Tdf. at the passage; Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 26;) Meyer on Acts 17:5; Göttling, p. 297; (Chandler edition 1, p. 269).
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* ἀγοραῖος , -ον
(<ἀγορά ),
1. frequenting the ἀγορά , a lounger in the ἀγορά (Xen., al.): Acts 17:5.
2. In late writers (Strab., al.), proper to the ἀγορά : ἀγοραῖοι (sc. ἥμεραι ) ἄγονται (cf. Lat. conventus agere), court-days are kept, Acts 19:38 (for exx. of both usages, v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†
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Prof. Lake (Earlier Epistles of St. Paul, p. 69 n.1) regards ἀγοραίων in Acts 17:5 as ";agitators,"; in view of Plutarch Aemil. Paul. 38, ἀνθρώπους ἀγεννεῖς καὶ δεδουλευκότας, ἀγοραίους δὲ καὶ δυναμένους ὄχλον συναγαγεῖν, a neat double parallel. In Syll 553.63 (ii/B.C.) it is used of ";merchants,"; ";dealers."; The grammarian Ammonius (iv/A.D.) would distinguish ἀγοραῖος = ἐν ἀγορᾷ τιμώμενος from ἀγόραιος = ἐν ἀγορᾷ τεθραμμένος : Crönert remarks that the MSS. vary. For the special use seen in Acts 19:38, ἀγοραῖοι ἄγονται καὶ ἀνθύπατοί εἰσιν, Wilcken (Archiv iv. l.c. under ἀγορά) can only cite from the papyri P Oxy III. 471.126 (an advocate’s speech, ii/A.D.) [τὰ ] τοῦ. [. . . . .] ἀγοραίου κριτήρ [ια, where it is derived from ἀγορά = forum. (He quotes a striking parallel to the whole phrase of Ac l.c. from P Flor I. 61.46 (A.D. 86–8) ὅπου διαλογισμοὶ καὶ ἡγέμονες παραγενόμενοι.) In OGIS 484.60 (ii/A.D.), however, an imperial rescript addressed to the Pergamenes, we find ταῖς ἀγοραίοις πιπρασκομένων : unfortunately there are gaps on each side, but the gender shows ἡμέραι is understood, denoting in this connexion ";market days."; See also Ramsay’s notes on the ἀγοραία (σύνοδος), conventus iuridicus, at Apamea, C. and B. nos. 294, 295 (ii. p. 461, also p. 428) : also Cagnat IV. 790 and note.
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