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ἀροτήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀροτήρ ἀροτῆρος

Structure: ἀροτηρ (Stem)

Etym.: a)ro/w

Sense

  1. a plougher, husbandman
  2. (adjectival use) having to do with ploughing
  3. (figuratively) a begetter, father

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ταρχύθην γὰρ ἐγὼ τὸ πρίν ποτε, νῦν δ’ ἀροτῆροσ χερσὶ σιδηρείη μ’ ἐξεκύλισεν ὕνισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1762)
  • ὅ γε μὴν Ἀριστόξενοσ πάντα μὲν τἄλλα συγχωρεῖν αὐτὸν ἐσθίειν ἔμψυχα, μόνον δ’ ἀπέχεσθαι βοὸσ ἀροτῆροσ καὶ κριοῦ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. a'. PUQAGORAS 20:6)

Synonyms

  1. a plougher

  2. having to do with ploughing

  3. a begetter

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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