agora
1 of 2noun (1)
agora
2 of 2noun (2)
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In ancient Greek cities, an agora was an open space serving as an assembly area and a place for commercial, civic, social, and religious activities. Use of the agora varied in different periods. Located in the middle of the city or near the harbor, it was often enclosed by public buildings, covered areas containing shops, and stoas for protection from sun and bad weather. The highest honor for a citizen was to be granted a tomb in the agora.
Word History
Noun (1)
borrowed from Greek agorá, noun derivative of ageírein "to gather, assemble," of uncertain origin
Note: An Indo-European base *h2ger- is reconstructible, but Greek ageírein has no easily recognizable congeners. Comparisons with Latin greg-, grex "flock" (allegedly from a reduplicated *gre-g-) and further forms with assumed root extensions from a base *gr- are extremely tenuous.
Noun (2)
borrowed from Modern Hebrewʼăgōrāh, going back to Hebrew, "payment, coin," derivative of ʼāgar "to hire"
Noun (1)
1591, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1961, in the meaning defined above
- open day
- open diapason
- open door
- open doors
- open doors for
- open end wrench
- open enrollment
- open file
- open fire
- open fire on
- open flash
- open flow
- open for
- open for (someone)
- open for business
- open for discussion
- open for someone
- open form
- open fracture
- open frame
- open furrow
- open fuse
- open gait
- open gate
- open grain