"Ο αγρότης"

Translation: The farmer

[Diana932243]

Is the meaning of ο αγρότης different from ο γεωργός?

[troll1995]

Γεωργός is a bit more "narrow". Αγρότης is any kind of farmer, γεωργός is the one that cultivates the earth, not a stock-farmer. So , οι αγρότες είναι οι γεωργοί και οι κτηνοτρόφοι=Farmers are the agriculturalists and the stock-farmers.

[AniOhevYayin]

Ευχαριστώ. (I asked about these words in a different part of this module and now I see this response.)

[Lng52-._]

Could you use: "η αγρότης"?

[troll1995]

It's η αγρότισσα.

[Tatonka71]

How do you know the proper method to change a masculine word to a feminine word? I know that objects are out of the question, but in Spanish you basically just add an a and sometimes drop the last vowel like jefe to jefa. It seems a bit more complicated in Greek.

[troll1995]

Nouns in -τής become -τρια.
Nouns in -ης (not -τής) become -ισσα.
Nouns in -ος stay the same mostly.
Nouns in -ας are very very ruleless and may become -ισσα, -ου, -ω etc.
Keep in mind that the "rules" above can be broken, it's just empirical.

[hectorlqr]

Αγρόnomy

[DuoSmeagol]

Easy to associate the "agr" from agriculture to farmer.

[mizinamo]

Easy to associate the "agr" from agriculture to farmer.

Compare also English "acre".

All ultimately go back to a meaning "field" -- Latin ager "field" > agricultura "field cultivation", Greek αγρός "field" > αγρότης "field-er = farmer".

[HastaLaVista83]

And also German "Acker".