noun · masculinesecond declension
agorānomus
agorānomus m (genitive agorānomī)
Classical[a.ɡɔˈraː.nɔ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.ɡoˈraː.no.mus]
Meaning
- historicalagoranomos
Eugepae, edictiones aedilicias hic quidem habet, mirumque adeost ni hunc fecere sibi Aetoli agoranomum.
c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 4.2.43–44
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | agorānomus | agorānomī |
| genitive | agorānomī | agorānomōrum |
| dative | agorānomō | agorānomīs |
| accusative | agorānomum | agorānomōs |
| ablative | agorānomō | agorānomīs |
| vocative | agorānome | agorānomī |
ăgŏrānŏmus, i, m., = ἀγορανόμος (clerk of the market),
I. a Grecian magistrate, who had the inspection of provisions, and their purchase and sale; the Aedilis plebis of the Romans, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 43; so id. Curc. 2, 3, 6.
Origins
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγορανόμος (agoranómos).
Descendants
- Catalanagorànom
- Frenchagoranome
- Italianagoranomo
- Portugueseagorânomo
- Spanishagoranomo