agoran.¹

Brit.

/ˈaɡ(ə)rə/, U.S.

/ˈæɡərə/

Inflections: Plural agorae, agoras, unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin agora.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin agora (1508 or earlier) < ancient Greek ἀγορά assembly, place of assembly, marketplace < an ablaut variant (o- grade) of the stem of ἀγείρειν to gather together (probably related to ancient Greek γάργαρα heaps, lots, Byzantine Greek γέργερα lots) + -ά -a suffix¹.

1. A public open space where people can assemble, esp. a marketplace, originally in the ancient Greek world; the structures enclosing such a space.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > open space > public square

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Pnyx1820

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plaza1948

1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xix. f. 71 The Emperour himselfe, who hath no other seat of Empire but an Agora, or towne of wood, that moueth with him whithersoeuer hee goeth.

1657 W. Davenant First Days Entertainm. Rutland-House 5 When you meet in the Agora, to make up the Body-Politique, 'tis like the meeting of humours in the Natural Body, all tending to commotion, change and dissolution.

1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 257 The publick Butchery separates the Bazar from another great Market-place, which the Ancients called simply Agora [Fr. que les Anciens appelloient simplement Agora].

1764 Ann Reg. 1763 Bks. published 248/2 This building was dedicated to Minerva, and was not a temple, but the entrance into one of the Agoras or Markets of Athens.

1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor xxxv. 124 The other remains are perhaps of the arsenals, and of the public treasury, the prison, and the like buildings, which in the Greek cities were usually placed by the agora.

1830 ‘R. Stuart’ Dict. Archit. II. at Forum In towns situated on the coast, or a navigable river, the agora were usually near the port.

1862 E. Falkener Ephesus i. iv. 63 The Greeks, in these hot climates, loved to have water in some form in the centre of their agoræ.

1914 W. S. Davis Day in Old Athens xiv. 122 The Peiræus..is a semi-independent community; with its shrines, its agoras, its theaters, its court rooms, and other public buildings.

2006 F. E. Winter Stud. in Hellenistic Archit. iii. 59/1 Thus the shops were sometimes in the ‘basement’ of the terrace, opening to a street outside and below the agora.

2. In extended use: an assembly for discussion or decision; (hence) any environment or world of social intercourse, exchange, or commercial dealings. Cf. marketplace n. 2, 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting

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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals

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1886 W. T. Stead in Contemp. Rev. May 654 The telegraph and the printing-press have converted Great Britain into a vast agora, or assembly of the whole community.

1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. iii. 53 The agora of work and news Where each one has the right to choose His trade, his corner and his way.

1983 C. Geertz Local Knowl. (2000) ii. 152 To name the study of thinking as it goes on in the fora and agorae of modern life ‘ethnography’ may seem to claim it for my own interdisciplinary matrix, anthropology.

1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Mag.) 30/2 Twice they have held an ‘agora’—once in Luxembourg, once in Barcelona—for those involved with the Women of Europe Award.

2007 Bitch Winter 11 The majority of the posts are..composed of pure vitriol directed at the simple existence of children, and their presence in adult agora such as restaurants and movie theaters.

Compounds

General attributive and locative, as agora gossip, agora shop, etc.

ΚΠ

1866 ‘Ouida’ Chandos I. i. ii. 58 I bet you, the philosophers flavoured their dates..by discussing Lalage's ankles, and the Agora gossip.

1878 Sessional Papers 1877–78 (Royal Institute of Brit. Architects) 331 The foundation..has the appearance of being much more ancient, and is probably the lower part of the former agora wall.

1907 W. S. Davis Victor of Salamis (1912) i. xi. 116 The sun had just risen above Hymettus, the Agora shops were closed, but the plaza itself and the lesches..overran with gossipers.

1948 L. MacNeice Holes in Sky 66 Ancient Athens Was a sparrow-chatter of agora-gibes.

1976 Milton Keynes Express 28 May 31/1 The wall is part of the agora development..and will screen the shops from Mrs Williamson's home.

1996 G. P. Caicco in A. Pérez-Gómez & S. Parcell Intervals in Philos. Archit. i. 12 Socrates even confessed that he married his shrewish wife not for love, but for the opportunity to tame her—as practice for the Agora debates.

2010 G. Gardiner Hadrian Enigma xvi. 200 On their journey through the lanes to the Agora market-place their wagon trundled past a forest of statues of Olympian gods.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

agoran.²

Brit.

/ˌaɡ(ə)ˈrɑː/, U.S.

/ˌæɡəˈrɑ/

Inflections: Plural agorot.

Forms: 1900s– agarot (irregular), 1900s– agora, 1900s– agorah, 1900s– agorot (irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew 'agōrāh.

Etymology: < modern Hebrew 'agōrāh, denoting various monetary units equivalent to one hundredth of the main monetary unit (1960 denoting one hundredth of an Israeli pound, 1980 (in 'agōrāh ḥădāšāh new agora) denoting one hundredth of a shekel, 1985 denoting one hundredth of a new shekel), specific use of biblical Hebrew 'agōrāh small coin (1 Samuel 2:36), of uncertain origin, probably related to gērāh gerah n.In plural form agorot after the Hebrew plural form 'agōrōṯ.

A monetary unit of Israel introduced in 1960, originally equivalent to one hundredth of an Israeli lira, and since 1980 equivalent to one hundredth of a shekel. Cf. prutah n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Israeli

agora1961

shekel1980

1961 Whitaker's Almanack 879 The unit of account is the Israel pound of 100 agorot.

1965 J. A. Michener Source (1966) 852 He no good. Really. Not give me one agorot [sic] to feeding myself.

1967 O. Hesky Time for Treason xv. 124 Have you ever played a game called Chicaneuse?.. It's a simple game, no more complicated than, say, rummy... If they play for money, maybe fifty agorot would change hands.

1971 Encycl. Judaica V. 729 The Agorah series... The Bank of Israel abolished the division of the I£ into 1000 perutot and introduced its division into 100 agorot... Coins of the agora series were minted by the Israel mint.

1977 Rolling Stone 21 Apr. 70/3 A few agorot mean nothing to you, but you're giving someone food, making him happy.

2010 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 6 Dec. 3 Not a single agora was added to the budget of the firefighters.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agora
释义	agoran.¹ Brit. /ˈaɡ(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈæɡərə/ Inflections: Plural agorae, agoras, unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin agora. Etymology: < post-classical Latin agora (1508 or earlier) < ancient Greek ἀγορά assembly, place of assembly, marketplace < an ablaut variant (o- grade) of the stem of ἀγείρειν to gather together (probably related to ancient Greek γάργαρα heaps, lots, Byzantine Greek γέργερα lots) + -ά -a suffix¹. 1. A public open space where people can assemble, esp. a marketplace, originally in the ancient Greek world; the structures enclosing such a space. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > open space > public square placeOE streetOE foruma1464 pomery1533 piazza1583 agora1591 pomerium1598 plazaa1661 squarea1684 piazzetta1730 town square1769 place1793 Pnyx1820 zocalo1884 plaza1948 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xix. f. 71 The Emperour himselfe, who hath no other seat of Empire but an Agora, or towne of wood, that moueth with him whithersoeuer hee goeth. 1657 W. Davenant First Days Entertainm. Rutland-House 5 When you meet in the Agora, to make up the Body-Politique, 'tis like the meeting of humours in the Natural Body, all tending to commotion, change and dissolution. 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 257 The publick Butchery separates the Bazar from another great Market-place, which the Ancients called simply Agora [Fr. que les Anciens appelloient simplement Agora]. 1764 Ann Reg. 1763 Bks. published 248/2 This building was dedicated to Minerva, and was not a temple, but the entrance into one of the Agoras or Markets of Athens. 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor xxxv. 124 The other remains are perhaps of the arsenals, and of the public treasury, the prison, and the like buildings, which in the Greek cities were usually placed by the agora. 1830 ‘R. Stuart’ Dict. Archit. II. at Forum In towns situated on the coast, or a navigable river, the agora were usually near the port. 1862 E. Falkener Ephesus i. iv. 63 The Greeks, in these hot climates, loved to have water in some form in the centre of their agoræ. 1914 W. S. Davis Day in Old Athens xiv. 122 The Peiræus..is a semi-independent community; with its shrines, its agoras, its theaters, its court rooms, and other public buildings. 2006 F. E. Winter Stud. in Hellenistic Archit. iii. 59/1 Thus the shops were sometimes in the ‘basement’ of the terrace, opening to a street outside and below the agora. 2. In extended use: an assembly for discussion or decision; (hence) any environment or world of social intercourse, exchange, or commercial dealings. Cf. marketplace n. 2, 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > [noun] > a meeting synagoguea1300 councilc1340 collect1382 convent1382 convocation1387 samingc1400 advocationa1425 meetingc1425 steven1481 congress1528 concion1533 conference1575 collection1609 congression1611 divan1619 rendezvous1628 comitia1631 society1712 majlis1821 get-up1826 agora1886 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals lathingc897 sameningc950 gatheringc1000 ymongOE droveOE companya1275 routc1300 assembly1330 queleta1382 sembly1389 parliamenta1400 sankinga1400 concoursec1440 riotc1440 ensemblyc1500 unity1543 resorta1557 congress1639 resemblance1662 boorach1704 group1711 parade1722 assemblage1742 roll-up1861 agora1886 1886 W. T. Stead in Contemp. Rev. May 654 The telegraph and the printing-press have converted Great Britain into a vast agora, or assembly of the whole community. 1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. iii. 53 The agora of work and news Where each one has the right to choose His trade, his corner and his way. 1983 C. Geertz Local Knowl. (2000) ii. 152 To name the study of thinking as it goes on in the fora and agorae of modern life ‘ethnography’ may seem to claim it for my own interdisciplinary matrix, anthropology. 1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Mag.) 30/2 Twice they have held an ‘agora’—once in Luxembourg, once in Barcelona—for those involved with the Women of Europe Award. 2007 Bitch Winter 11 The majority of the posts are..composed of pure vitriol directed at the simple existence of children, and their presence in adult agora such as restaurants and movie theaters. Compounds General attributive and locative, as agora gossip, agora shop, etc. ΚΠ 1866 ‘Ouida’ Chandos I. i. ii. 58 I bet you, the philosophers flavoured their dates..by discussing Lalage's ankles, and the Agora gossip. 1878 Sessional Papers 1877–78 (Royal Institute of Brit. Architects) 331 The foundation..has the appearance of being much more ancient, and is probably the lower part of the former agora wall. 1907 W. S. Davis Victor of Salamis (1912) i. xi. 116 The sun had just risen above Hymettus, the Agora shops were closed, but the plaza itself and the lesches..overran with gossipers. 1948 L. MacNeice Holes in Sky 66 Ancient Athens Was a sparrow-chatter of agora-gibes. 1976 Milton Keynes Express 28 May 31/1 The wall is part of the agora development..and will screen the shops from Mrs Williamson's home. 1996 G. P. Caicco in A. Pérez-Gómez & S. Parcell Intervals in Philos. Archit. i. 12 Socrates even confessed that he married his shrewish wife not for love, but for the opportunity to tame her—as practice for the Agora debates. 2010 G. Gardiner Hadrian Enigma xvi. 200 On their journey through the lanes to the Agora market-place their wagon trundled past a forest of statues of Olympian gods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). agoran.² Brit. /ˌaɡ(ə)ˈrɑː/, U.S. /ˌæɡəˈrɑ/ Inflections: Plural agorot. Forms: 1900s– agarot (irregular), 1900s– agora, 1900s– agorah, 1900s– agorot (irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Hebrew. Etymon: Hebrew 'agōrāh. Etymology: < modern Hebrew 'agōrāh, denoting various monetary units equivalent to one hundredth of the main monetary unit (1960 denoting one hundredth of an Israeli pound, 1980 (in 'agōrāh ḥădāšāh new agora) denoting one hundredth of a shekel, 1985 denoting one hundredth of a new shekel), specific use of biblical Hebrew 'agōrāh small coin (1 Samuel 2:36), of uncertain origin, probably related to gērāh gerah n.In plural form agorot after the Hebrew plural form 'agōrōṯ. A monetary unit of Israel introduced in 1960, originally equivalent to one hundredth of an Israeli lira, and since 1980 equivalent to one hundredth of a shekel. Cf. prutah n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific Israeli agora1961 shekel1980 1961 Whitaker's Almanack 879 The unit of account is the Israel pound of 100 agorot. 1965 J. A. Michener Source (1966) 852 He no good. Really. Not give me one agorot [sic] to feeding myself. 1967 O. Hesky Time for Treason xv. 124 Have you ever played a game called Chicaneuse?.. It's a simple game, no more complicated than, say, rummy... If they play for money, maybe fifty agorot would change hands. 1971 Encycl. Judaica V. 729 The Agorah series... The Bank of Israel abolished the division of the I£ into 1000 perutot and introduced its division into 100 agorot... Coins of the agora series were minted by the Israel mint. 1977 Rolling Stone 21 Apr. 70/3 A few agorot mean nothing to you, but you're giving someone food, making him happy. 2010 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 6 Dec. 3 Not a single agora was added to the budget of the firefighters. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1591n.²1961
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