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ἄροτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄροτρον ἀρότρου

Structure: ἀροτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: a)ro/w

Sense

  1. plough, (figuratively, in the plural) the organs of generation

Declension

Second 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

  • καὶ κρινεῖ ἀνὰ μέσον λαῶν πολλῶν καὶ ἐξελέγξει ἔθνη ἰσχυρὰ ἕωσ εἰσ μακράν, καὶ κατακόψουσι τὰσ ρομφαίασ αὐτῶν εἰσ ἄροτρα καὶ τὰ δόρατα αὐτῶν εἰσ δρέπανα, καὶ οὐκέτι μὴ ἀντάρῃ ἔθνοσ ἐπ̓ ἔθνοσ ρομφαίαν, καὶ οὐκέτι μὴ μάθωσι πολεμεῖν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 4:3)
  • συγκόψατε τὰ ἄροτρα ὑμῶν εἰσ ρομφαίασ καὶ τὰ δρέπανα ὑμῶν εἰσ σειρομάστασ. ὁ ἀδύνατοσ λεγέτω ὅτι ἰσχύω ἐγώ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ioel 4:10)
  • καὶ κρινεῖ ἀναμέσον τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ ἐλέγξει λαὸν πολύν, καὶ συγκόψουσι τὰσ μαχαίρασ αὐτῶν εἰσ ἄροτρα καὶ τὰσ ζιβύνασ αὐτῶν εἰσ δρέπανα, καὶ οὐ λήψεται ἔθνοσ ἐπ̓ ἔθνοσ μάχαιραν, καὶ οὐ μὴ μάθωσιν ἔτι πολεμεῖν. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 2:4)
  • δοιὰ δὲ θέσθαι ἄροτρα, πονησάμενοσ κατὰ οἶκον, αὐτόγυον καὶ πηκτόν, ἐπεὶ πολὺ λώιον οὕτω· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:12)
  • ἁλὸσ ᾧ λ, ζωή, τὰ δὲ δίκτυα κείνῳ ἄροτρα, σφάζων ἀκρόνυχοσ ταύτῃ θεῷ ἱερὸν ἰχθύν, ὃν λεῦκον καλέουσιν, ὁ γάρ θ’ ἱερώτατοσ ἄλλων, καί κε λίνα στήσαιτο καὶ ἐξερύσαιτο θαλάσσησ ἔμπλεα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 202)

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