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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

  • θέμενοι δὲ βωμοὺσ καὶ προρρήσεισ καὶ περιρραντήρια προσάγουσι τὰσ θυσίασ, βοῦν μὲν ἀροτῆρα ὁ γεωργόσ, ἄρνα δὲ ὁ ποιμὴν καὶ αἶγα ὁ αἰπόλοσ, ὁ δέ τισ λιβανωτὸν ἢ πόπανον, ὁ δὲ πένησ ἱλάσατο τὸν θεὸν κύσασ μόνον τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δεξιάν. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 12:1)
  • ὥστε καθ’ Ἡσίοδον δέοι ἂν ὑπάρχειν οἶκον μὲν πρώτιστα γυναῖκά τε βοῦν τ’ ἀροτῆρα. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 8:1)
  • οἶκον μὲν πρώτιστα γυναῖκά τε βοῦν τ’ ἀροτῆρα, κτητήν, οὐ γαμετήν, ἥτισ καὶ βουσὶν ἕποιτο, χρήματα δ’ ἐν οἴκῳ πάντ’ ἄρμενα ποιήσασθαι, μὴ σὺ μὲν αἰτῇσ ἄλλον, ὃ δ’ ἀρνῆται, σὺ δὲ τητᾷ, ἡ δ’ ὡρ́η παραμείβηται, μινύθῃ δὲ τὸ ἔργον. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 48:1)
  • πρῷραι ναῶν, ὠκείαισ Ἴλιον ἱερὰν αἳ κώπαισ δι’ ἅλα πορφυροειδέα καὶ λιμένασ Ἑλλάδοσ εὐόρμουσ αὐλῶν παιᾶνι στυγνῷ συρίγγων τ’ εὐφθόγγων φωνᾷ βαίνουσαι πλεκτὰν Αἰγύπτου παιδείαν ἐξηρτήσασθ’, αἰαῖ, Τροίασ ἐν κόλποισ τὰν Μενελάου μετανισόμεναι στυγνὰν ἄλοχον, Κάστορι λώβαν τῷ τ’ Εὐρώτᾳ δυσκλείαν, ἃ σφάζει μὲν τὸν πεντήκοντ’ ἀροτῆρα τέκνων Πρίαμον, ἐμέ τε μελέαν Ἑκάβαν ἐσ τάνδ’ ἐξώκειλ’ ἄταν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, lyric1)
  • ἐκ μὲν οὖν τούτων τῶν δύο κοινωνιῶν οἰκία πρώτη, καὶ ὀρθῶσ Ἡσίοδοσ εἶπε ποιήσασ οἶκον μὲν πρώτιστα γυναῖκά τε βοῦν τ’ ἀροτῆρα· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 1 13:4)

Synonyms

  1. a plougher

  2. having to do with ploughing

  3. a begetter

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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