agorá

agorá, agorā́ Vorlage:agrie. (ἀγορά) ‘Markt’

• (wo man in öffentlicher Rede auftritt),
• auch ‘Versammlung, Verhandlung, Vortrag, Rede’,
• von uig. *ger- "sammeln"

dieses von grie. agé͞irein (ἀγείρειν) ‘versammeln’,

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *agorā́, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂, from *h₂ger- (“to gather”); equivalent to ᾰ̓γείρω (ageírō, “to gather”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix).

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀒𐀨 (a-ko-ra).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /a.ɡo.rǎː/ → /a.ɣoˈra/ → /a.ɣoˈra/

Noun

ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ • (agorā́) f (genitive ᾰ̓γορᾶς); first declension

1. assembly, especially an assembly of the people (as opposed to a council, βουλή (boulḗ))
2. the place of assembly
3. speech
4. market, marketplace
5. things sold at market, provisions, supplies
6. sale
7. the time of market: midday