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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 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)
  • τί σοφισθήσεται ὁ κρατῶν ἀρότρου καὶ καυχώμενοσ ἐν δόρατι κέντρου, βόασ ἐλαύνων καὶ ἀναστρεφόμενοσ ἐν ἔργοισ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ διήγησισ αὐτοῦ ἐν υἱοῖσ ταύρων̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 38:25)
  • βίᾳ μὲν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐλαχίστων δύναται κρατεῖν ἄνθρωποσ, ἐπινοίᾳ δὲ καὶ μεθόδῳ ὑπέζευξε μὲν ἀρότρῳ βοῦν πρὸσ τὴν ἐργασίαν τῆσ χώρασ, ἐχαλίνωσε δὲ τὸν ἵππον, ἐλέφαντι δὲ παρέστησεν ἐπιβάτην καὶ ξύλῳ τὴν ἀμέτρητον θάλασσαν διεπέρασεν. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 42:1)
  • 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)
  • ὢ τῆσ ἀνοίασ, οἵ γε οὐκ ἴσασιν ὅτι, κἂν ὅλην τὴν Πελοπόννησον ἕκαστοσ αὐτῶν κτήσωνται, μόγισ ἂν ποδιαῖον λάβοιεν τόπον παρὰ τοῦ Αἰακοῦ τὸ δὲ πεδίον τοῦτο ἄλλοτε ἄλλοι γεωργήσουσι πολλάκισ ἐκ βάθρων τὸ τρόπαιον ἀνασπάσαντεσ τῷ ἀρότρῳ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 24:3)
  • 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)

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