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.
- 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)
- ὁ δὲ Κάτων ἐκ πολίχνησ τε μικρᾶσ καὶ διαίτησ ἀγροίκου δοκούσησ φέρων ἀφῆκεν ἑαυτὸν ὥσπερ εἰσ πέλαγοσ ἀχανὲσ τὴν ἐν Ῥώμῃ πολιτείαν, οὐκέτι Κουρίων καὶ Φαβρικίων καὶ Ἀτιλίων ἔργον οὖσαν ἡγεμόνων, οὐδ’ ἀπ’ ἀρότρου καὶ σκαφείου πένητασ καὶ αὐτουργοὺσ ἀναβαίνοντασ ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα προσιεμένην ἄρχοντασ καὶ δημαγωγούσ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ γένη μεγάλα καὶ πλούτουσ καὶ νομὰσ καὶ σπουδαρχίασ ἀποβλέπειν εἰθισμένην, καὶ δι’ ὄγκον ἤδη καὶ δύναμιν ἐντρυφῶσαν τοῖσ ἄρχειν ἀξιοῦσιν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato, chapter 1 3:1)
- δεινὸν δ’ ἐσμαράγευν ἄμυδισ κατὰ ὦλκασ ἀρότρου βώλακεσ ἀγνύμεναι ἀνδραχθέεσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 21:45)
- καί μοι κραδίην ἐπάταξε μέλαιναν ὅττι μοι εὐανθεῖσ ἄλλοι ἔχουσιν ἀγρούσ, οὐδ’ ἐμοὶ ἡμίονοι κύφων’ ἕλκουσιν ἀρότρου, τῆσ μάλα μισητῆσ εἵνεκα ναυτιλίησ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389713)
- νῆσον τήν, εἰ καί με περιγράψαντεσ ἔχουσιν μετρῆσαι, βαιήν, ἑπτὰ μόνον σταδίουσ, ἔμπησ καὶ τίκτουσαν ἐπ’ αὔλακα πῖαρ ἀρότρου ὄψει, καὶ παντὸσ κάρπιμον ἀκροδρύου, καὶ πολλοῖσ εὐάγρον ὑπ’ ἰχθύσι, καὶ ὑπὸ μαίρῃ εὐάνεμον, λιμένων τ’ ἤπιον ἀτρεμίῃ, ἀγχόθι Κορκύρησ Φαιηκίδοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5551)
