γεωργοῖς (georgois)

γεωργοῖς is an Ancient Greek form of γεωργός, meaning “farmer”.

It can also be a form of γεωργέω, “farm, cultivate”. It is the 2nd person singular present active optative.

Found 42 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Nicias 8.2: … μὲν Ὄρνισιν οὕτω πως λέγων· καὶ μὴν μὰ τὸν Δίʼ οὐχὶ νυστάζειν γʼ ἔτι ὥρα ʼστὶν ἡμῖν, οὐδὲ μελλονικιᾶν. ἐν δὲ Γεωργοῖς ταῦτα γράφων· ἐθέλω γεωργεῖν. εἶτα τίς σε κωλύει; ὑμεῖς· ἐπεὶ δίδωμι χιλίας δραχμάς, ἐάν με τῶν ἀρχῶν ἀφῆτε. …

Plutarch, Amatoriae Narrationes 4: … ιναν τὸν Φῶκον ἐν δὲ τῷ θορύβῳ ἡ κόρη φυγοῦσα ἵετο διὰ τῆς χώρας· ἐδίωκον δʼ αὐτὴν οἱ νεανίαι. ἡ δʼ ἐντυχοῦσα γεωργοῖς ἅλω συντιθεῖσι σωτηρίας ἔτυχε παρʼ αὐτῶν· ἀπέκρυψαν γὰρ αὐτὴν οἱ γεωργοὶ ἐν τῷ σίτῳ καὶ οὕτω παρῇξαν μὲν οἱ δ …

All forms of γεωργός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.