urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.18 (line)
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.18
Descendant Count: 1
REF: 17.18
πτωχῷ βέλτερόν ἐστι κατὰ πτόλιν ἠὲ κατʼ ἀγροὺς
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| Value | Word Value | Subref Value | Position | Index | VE Ref | Space After | Alignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| πτωχῷ | πτωχῷ | πτωχῷ[1] | 1 | 59401 | 17.18.t1 | True | Odyssey Sentence Alignment (Crane) |
| βέλτερόν | βέλτερόν | βέλτερόν[1] | 2 | 59402 | 17.18.t2 | True | |
| ἐστι | ἐστι | ἐστι[1] | 3 | 59403 | 17.18.t3 | True | |
| κατὰ | κατὰ | κατὰ[1] | 4 | 59404 | 17.18.t4 | True | |
| πτόλιν | πτόλιν | πτόλιν[1] | 5 | 59405 | 17.18.t5 | True | |
| ἠὲ | ἠὲ | ἠὲ[1] | 6 | 59406 | 17.18.t6 | True | |
| κατʼ | κατʼ | κατʼ[1] | 7 | 59407 | 17.18.t7 | True | |
| ἀγροὺς | ἀγροὺς | ἀγροὺς[1] | 8 | 59408 | 17.18.t8 | True |
Dictionary Citations
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country, opp. town, Od. 17.182, E. Supp. 884, etc.; ἀγρὸν τὰν πόλιν ποιεῖς Epich. 169; ἀγρῷ in the country, Od. 11.188; ἐπʼ ἀγροῦ in the country, 1.190, 22.47; ἐπʼ ἀγρὸῦ νόσφι πόληος 1.185; in pl., κατὰ πτόλιν ἠὲ κατʼ ἀγρούς 17.18; ἐν οἴκοις ἢ ʼν ἀγροῖς S. OT 112; ἐπʼ ἀγρῶν ib. 1049; ἀγροῖσι Id. El. 313; τὸν ἐξ ἀγρῶν Id. OT 1051; τὰ ἐξ ἀγρῶν Th. 2.13, cf. 14; κατʼ ἀγρούς Cratin. 318, Pl. Lg. 881c; οἰκεῖν ἐν ἀγρῷ Ar. Fr. 387.2; τὰ ἐν ἀγρῷ γιγνόμενα fruits, X. Mem. 2.9.4, cf. An. 5.3.9:—prov., οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις, ἀγροῦ πλέως, i.e. boorish, Suid., Hsch.—Rare in later Greek, Ev.Marc. 15.21, PAmh. 2.134.5, POxy. 967. [ ᾰ by nature, so always in Com., exc. Ar. Av. 579, Philem. 116; ᾱγρόθεν in Alc.Com. 19 is paratrag.] (Cf. Skt. ájras ‘plain’, prob. fr. aj ‘drive’ (cf. ἄγω), i.e. pasture.)
Comp. of ἀγαθός, better, more excellent, Hom. only in neut., βέλτερόν [ἐστι] it is better, c. inf., Il. 15.511, 21.485: c. dat. pers. et inf., Od. 17.18; βέλτερον εἰ . . 6.282, cf. Thgn. 92, A. Th. 337, etc.: Sup. βέλτατος, η, ον, Id. Eu. 487, Supp. 1054.
cunliffe_lex
ἀγρός -οῦ, ὁ. 1 In pl., fields, lands: πίονες ἀγροί Il. 23.832. Cf. Od. 4.757, Od. 6.259, Od. 8.560, Od. 14.263 = Od. 17.432, Od. 15.504, Od. 16.150, Od. 17.18, 171. 2 In sing., a farm: ἐπʼ ἀγροῦ Od. 1.190. Cf. Od. 11.188 (at the farm), Od. 16.27, 330, 383, Od. 17.182, Od. 23.139, 359, Od. 24.205, 212. So in pl.: ἀγρῶν (at the farm) Od. 4.640. 3 In sing., the country: ἀγρῷ (in the country) Il. 5.137: ἐπʼ ἀγροῦ ((drawn up on the shore) in the country) Od. 1.185 = Od. 24.308. Cf. Od. 4.517, Od. 5.489, Od. 18.358, Od. 22.47, Od. 24.150.
βέλτερος [comp. fr. βολ-, βόλομαι]. Better. In neut. βέλτερον with or without copula, it is (would be) better: β. ὃς προφύγῃ κακόν Il. 14.81 ([κείνῳ] ὅς = εἴ τις). With complementary infin.: β. ἀπολέσθαι Il. 15.511. Cf. Il. 15.197, Il. 18.302, Il. 21.485, Il. 22.129. With dat. and infin.: πτωχῷ β. ἐστι δαῖτα πτωχεύειν Od. 17.18. With εἰ: β., εἰ καὐτὴ πόσιν εὗρεν ἄλλοθεν Od. 6.282.