α, ον, (< ἀγέλη) of the common herd, ἀ. ἄνθρωποι, opp. ἄρχοντες, Pl. Plt. 268a; hence, common, ordinary, ἀ. ἰσχάδες Eup. 374; ἄρτοι Pl.Com. 76; κεραμίδες SIG 2587.209, cf. Ath.Mitt. 22.182 (Lebad.); — σοφισταί Isoc. 12.18, νῆσοι Philostr. Im. 2.17; proparox. in this sense, Eust. 1752.63.