ἄροτρον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἄροτρον
ἀρότρου
Structure:
ἀροτρ
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- 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.
- καὶ εἶπεν Ὀρνὰ πρὸσ Δαυίδ. λαβὲ σεαυτῷ, καὶ ποιησάτω ὁ κύριόσ μου ὁ βασιλεὺσ τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐναντίον ἑαυτοῦ. ἰδὲ δέδωκα τοὺσ μόσχουσ εἰσ ὁλοκαύτωσιν καὶ τὸ ἄροτρον εἰσ ξύλα καὶ τὸν σῖτον εἰσ θυσίαν, τὰ πάντα δέδωκα. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 21:23)
- Ζητῶν δὲ ἀεὶ πρὸσ ἐμαυτὸν οὔπω καὶ τήμερον εὑρεῖν δεδύνημαι τίνοσ ἕνεκα τὴν σπουδὴν ταύτην ἐσπούδακασ περὶ τὴν ὠνὴν τῶν βιβλίων ὠφελείασ μὲν γὰρ ἢ χρείασ τῆσ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν οὐδ’ ἂν οἰηθείη τισ τῶν καὶ ἐπ’ ἐλάχιστόν σε εἰδότων, οὐ μᾶλλον ἢ φαλακρὸσ ἄν τισ πρίαιτο κτένασ ἢ κάτοπτρον ὁ τυφλὸσ ἢ ὁ κωφὸσ αὐλητὴν ἢ παλλακὴν ὁ εὐνοῦχοσ ἢ ὁ ἠπειρώτησ κώπην ἢ ὁ κυβερνήτησ ἄροτρον. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 19:2)
- οὐκ ἂν τώ γ’ ἐρίσαντε ἐν αὔλακι κὰμ μὲν ἄροτρον ἄξειαν, τὸ δὲ ἔργον ἐτώσιον αὖθι λίποιεν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:17)
- βόασ τε ὑπ̓ ἄροτρον ζεῦξαι Διόνυσον πρῶτον, καὶ ἀροτῆρασ ἀντὶ νομάδων ποιῆσαι Ἰνδῶν τοὺσ πολλούσ, καὶ ὁπλίσαι ὅπλοισι τοῖσιν ἀρηίοισι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 7 8:1)
- καὶ τεκτονικὸσ οὐκ ἂν οὕτω κατασκευάσαι ἄροτρον προθύμωσ; (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 4 3:3)
