AGORÆUS, in Heathen Antiquity, an appellation given to such deities as had statues in the market-places; particularly Mercury, whose statue was to be seen in almost every public place.
AGORANOMI (αγορα and νους), in Grecian Antiquity, public functionaries, who had the regulation of weights and measures, the prices of provisions, &c.—The agoranomi, at Athens, were ten in number, five belonging to the city, and as many to the Piræus, one from each tribe being chosen by lot. To these a certain toll or tribute was paid by foreigners or aliens who brought any thing to sell in the market.