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agro-

  1. a combining form meaning “field,” “soil,” “crop production,” used in the formation of compound words:

    agronomy.



agro-

combining_form

  1. denoting fields, soil, or agriculture

    agronomy



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Word History and Origins

Origin of agro-1

< Greek, combining form of agrós tilled land. See acre

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Word History and Origins

Origin of agro-1

from Greek agros field

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Example Sentences

It has a frontage of one hundred feet on the Via Appia, and an extension in agro of two hundred and thirty feet.

Fior di limone!Limone agro e non si puoi mangiareMa son pi agre le pene d'amore.

His artibus cum Hannibalem Fabius in agro Falerno locorum angustiis clausisset, ille sine ullo exercitus detrimento se expedivit.

The words ex agro Sabino form an attributive phrase qualifying Romanos just as rusticos does.

Nullam, attamen, ex agro illo meo parvulo segetem demessui, præter gaudium vacuum bene de Republica merendi.

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