A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/אגר - אגריאון
תורה (Var. שאיגר Pi.) he is called Agur (Prov. XXX, 1) because he collected words of the Law (stored up know- ledge); Koh. B. beg. בד״ת שאגור because he was stored (or girded , v. אגר II) with knowledge. Cant. R. to I, 1 end. [Sabb. 60a אוגרת ed., v. אגד.] Nif. נאגר to be gathered. Num. R. s. 20 beg. (play on ויגר Num. XXII, 3) לעריהם נאגרין והן and they were gathered to their towns (for defence). Hif. הוגיר, to store up. Tosef. Dem. I, 10 המוגירות the store-keepers' places; v. מוגרה, מוגרת.
אגר I ch. same; Pa. אגר to heap up. Targ. Y. Deut. I, 16 וכ׳ דמאגר (ed. Vien. מאגר--) who heaps up litiga- tions, v. foreg. [Targ. Ps. CIV, 7 למיגר Ms., v. נגד.]
אגר II (אג, v. חגר). 1) to gird, arm. Midr. Prov. to XXX, 1 חלציו שא׳ who girded his loins for wisdom; Yalk. Prov. a. l. Part. pass. אגור, v. אגר I. 2) to halt, whence part. f. אוגרת (sub. סכין) a knife having inden- tations which catch the passing nail of the examiner. Hull. 17b. --*3) to occupy space. B. Bath 14a (intercharging with אכל q. v.).
אגר II (אגר) (אג, akin to חכר; v. foreg.) prop. to tie, whence to hire, employ, rent. Targ. Gen. XXX, 16 a. fr. -- Koh. R. to IV, 6; Lev. R. s. 3 beg. (prov.) דא׳ וכ׳ גינא he who rents one garden will eat birds; him who rents gardens, the birds will eat. Git. 73a מלחי אגור they hired boatsmen. Snh. 73a אגירי מיגר to hire help. Y. Taan. I, 64b bot. זנייתא מיגר hiring prostitutes. B. Mets. 79a; a. fr. Af. אוגר 1) same. Targ. Y. Deut. XXIII, 5 (4). - B. Mets. 77a (interch. with Pe.) אגורי אוגיר (אגירי) engages laborers. -- 2) to rent out, lease. Erub. 63b רשותך לן אוגר lease to us thy property. Y. Dem. VI, 25b top. Y. Taan. I, 64b bot. חמרי אוגרית I hired my ass out. Ithpa. איתגר, Ithpe. אתגר (contr. of איתאגר) to be hired, to work as a laborer. Targ. O. Deut. XXIII, 25; a. e. -- Yoma 20b (prov.) וכ׳ תגרת אי (combine into one w.) when thou hast hired thyself out to one, comb his wool (shrink from no labor).
אגר III, אגרא I m. (foreg.) rent, wages; reward, profit. Targ. Gen. XV, 1; a. fr. -- B. Mets. 63b ליה נטר א׳ compensation for waiting (giving time for delivery), i. e. advancing the money to the seller. Ib. 68b כ׳ בא׳ פלגא half profit or loss. Ib. 69b ופגרא א׳ payment for carrying freight, and indemnity to the boatsmen in case of wreck. Y. M. Kat. II, 81b top וקרנא א׳ profit and principal (cost- price). -- Y. B. Mets. II, 8c top עלמא הדין כל מא׳ than all profit this world can offer. -- 2) that which deserves reward, meritorious deed. Ber. 6b ריהטא דפירקא א׳ the merit in attending a lecture lies in running [to it] (anxiety to hear it). [אגר, אגרא staff, pole, v. אגד.]
אגר, אגרא roof; אגרא letter, v. אי׳.
אגרא II pr. n. m. Agra, father-in-law of R. Abba; father of R. Y'hudah. Hull. 104b; 134a. Nid. 53a.
אגרדים v. next. w.
אגרדמיס (freq. אגרדמים) m. (a corrupt. of αγορανο- μος, v. אגרונימוס) agoranomos, corresponding to the Roman aedilis, market commissioner, gauger, &c. Ab. Zar. 58a נכרי א׳ (כותי, Ms. V. א׳ גוי) a gentile agoran. -- B. Kam. 98a טייעא א׳ an Arabian agoran. -- B. Bath. 89a וכ׳ א׳ מעמידין Ar. (ed. מין-- plur.) an agoran. may be appointed for superintending measures, but not for fixing the prices. -- Pl. אגרדמין B. Bath. l. c. (v. supra). [Pesik. Asser p. 96a שיצא לא׳ (sing.) Ar. (ed. להגרונימוס read לא׳, cmp. Yalk. Ps. 729).]- אגרדימים Sifra K'doshim ch. VIII; cmp. Y. B. Bath. V, 15a bot. [Oth. corrupt. v. Pesik. l. c. note.]
אגרו, איגרו f. (אגר I, Pi; cmp. אגורי) (grain) fit for storage, of superior quality. Y. Maas. Sh. IV, beg. 54d וכ׳ השמתית על הא׳ מן T'rumah may be taken from the stored-up wheat for the wheat which has to be quickly disposed of, or vice versa. Y. Peah. II, 17a וכ׳ איגדו חצי (read איגרו). Y. Naz. V, 54a אגרון ונמצאת שחתית (corr. acc.) from dark colored wheat (inferior), and found it was igg'ru (superior). [R. Simson to Peah II, 5 quotes אגורי; El. W. in Sh'noth El. ibid. אגורה.] [B. Bath. V, 6 has לבנה white, pure for our w.]
אגרוי, v. אוגדוייקנטי.
אגרומי m. pl. (a corrupt. of אגרונומי, cmp. אגרדמיס a. next. art.) costum-collectors, (cmp. Sm. Ant. s. v. Ago- ranomos). Gen. R. s. 75 ed. (Ar. איגרמי).
אגרון, v. אגרו.
אגרונימון, v. next. w.
אגרונימוס corr. אגרונו׳, contr. אנגרמוס m. (αγορανο- ~~~) agoranomos, market-commissioner; v. אגרדמיס a. אגרומי. Y. Dem. II, 22c top גדול א׳ שהיה the agor. was an influential man. Y. Ab. Zar. IV, 44b top. Lev. R. s. 1 אגרונימון (corr. acc.). Y. B. Bath. V, 15a bot. אנג׳ (twice); a. fr.
אגרוף m. (b. h., גרף; cmp. כורמיזא) fist; fig. power, usurpation. Kel. XVII, 12. Ex. R. s. 1. - א׳ בעל mighty, violent. Y. Peah. VII, 20c top; v. infra. -- Sot. 41b אגרופה חנופה של the power of sycophancy. -- Pl. אגרופים, אגרופין. Kid. 76b וכ׳ א׳ בעלי the men of power of the house of David; Snh. 49a. Pes. 53b א׳ בעל a strong, violent man (opp. רבה גברא a great man).
אגרופינא (גרופינא) pr. n. pl. Agrippina, one of the signal stations for announcing the New-Moon, prob. a tower or height near Caesarea Philippi, enlarged by Agrippa II. R. Hash. II, 4 (22b) מא׳ . . לא׳ Ms. M. 2, Mish. Nap. (ed. לג׳ . . . מג׳; Y. ed. . . מגריפ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4).
.אניגרוניןor pl. אניגרון Koh. R. to I, 18 read אגרטין* Cmp. ארגסטירין.
אגריאון, אגריון m. (~~~~~~, neut. or. acc.) wild (opp. אימירון q. v.); rough. Gen. R. s. 77; Cant. R. to III, 6 א׳ כלב, Num. R. s. 11 (refer. to Gen. III, 8) שומע