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Headword: Ἀγοράζειν
Adler number: alpha,300
Translated headword: to frequent the market-place; to market
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
To buy something and to spend time in [the] marketplace.[1]
Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. applies this verb] to what we customarily [say] for to buy. "And to market a dress for his sisters."[2]
Greek Original:
Ἀγοράζειν: τὸ ὠνεῖσθαί τι καὶ τὸ ἐν ἀγορᾷ διατρίβειν. Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Πλούτῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ συνήθως ἡμῖν ἀντὶ τοῦ ὠνήσασθαι. καὶ ταῖς ἀδελφαῖς ἀγοράσαι χιτώνιον.
Notes:
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica. Denominative verb from ἀγορά : LSJ entry at web address 1; cf. alpha 304 & alpha 305; also, for substance, alpha 299.
[2] Aristophanes, Plutus 984 (web address 2), and scholia.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1
Web address 2
Keywords: clothing; comedy; daily life; definition; economics; trade and manufacture; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 2 February 2001@21:37:58.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; cosmetics) on 29 April 2002@07:08:15.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 9 October 2005@11:03:37.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 9 October 2005@16:15:08.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 5 January 2012@09:20:06.
Catharine Roth (upgraded link) on 5 January 2012@22:51:38.
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