Country

Country
subs.
Land: P. and V. χώρα, ἡ, γῆ, ἡ, Ar. and V. χθών, ἡ, πέδον, τό, γαῖα, ἡ, V. αἷα, ἡ, οἶμος. ὁ.
As opposed to town: P. and V. ἀγρός, ὁ, or pl., χώρα, ἡ.
From the country, adv.: V. ἀγρόθεν.
Up country: see {{U}}Inland.
Native land, subs.: P. and V. πατρς, ἡ, Ar. and V. πάτρα, ἡ.
Of what country? P. and V. ποδαπός; indirect, P. ὁποδαπός.
Be in the country (in one's native land), v.: Ar. and P. ἐπιδημεῖν.
Be out of the country: Ar. and P. ποδημεῖν, P. and V. ἐκδημεῖν, ποξενοῦσθαι (Plat.).
State, subs.: P. and V. πόλις, ἡ.
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adj.
Rural: Ar. and P. ἄγροικος, V. ἀγρώστης (Soph., frag.), ἄγραυλος.
Provincial: P. and V. ρουραῖος (Æsch., frag.).
Country life, subs.: Ar. βίος ἄγροικος, ὁ.
Of one's native land, adj.: P. and V. πάτριος, πατρῷος; see {{U}}Native.
Of the state: P. πολιτικός.

Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.

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