ἀρόω
ο-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀρόω
ἀρόσω
ἤροσα
ἠρόθην
Structure:
ἀρό
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Etym.: 어근은 AROV, cf. a)/roura, Lat. arvum.
Sense
- I plow, till
- I sow
- I beget
- (middle) I enjoy the fruits of tillage
Conjugation
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.
- τοιαῦτα πολὺ μαντικώτεροι ὑμῶν οἱ γεωργοί, καὶ ἄριστα μαντεύσαιντ̓ ἂν ἡμῖν περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ὕσαντοσ μὲν τοῦ θεοῦ εὐθαλῆ ἔσται τὰ δράγματα, ἢν δὲ αὐχμὸσ ἐπιλάβῃ καὶ διψήσωσιν αἱ ἄρουραι, οὐδεμία μηχανὴ μὴ οὐχὶ λιμὸν ἐπακολουθῆσαι τῷ δίψει αὐτῶν, καὶ ὅτι οὐ μεσοῦντοσ θέρουσ χρὴ ἀροῦν, ἢ οὐκ ἄν τι ὄφελοσ γένοιτο εἰκῆ ἐκχυθέντων τῶν σπερμάτων, οὐδὲ ἀμᾶν ἔτι χλωρὸν τὸν στάχυν, ἢ κενὸν εὑρεθήσεσθαι τὸν καρπόν. (Lucian, 12:1)
- ὃσ γὰρ βουσὶν ἀροῦν ὀχυρώτατόσ ἐστιν, εὖτ’ ἂν Ἀθηναίησ δμῷοσ ἐν ἐλύματι πήξασ γόμφοισιν πελάσασ προσαρήρεται ἱστοβοῆι. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:11)
- ὥστ’ αὐτὸσ ἀροῦν ἐπαναγκασθεὶσ καὶ σκάπτειν τἄλλα τε μοχθεῖν ὀδυνηρότερον τρίψεισ βίοτον πολὺ τοῦ νῦν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme24)
- ὄμβροισ δὲ χρώμεναι μετρίοισ σπανίωσ, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα πνεύμασι μαλακοῖσ καὶ δροσοβόλοισ, οὐ μόνον ἀροῦν καὶ φυτεύειν παρέχουσιν ἀγαθὴν καὶ πίονα χώραν, ἀλλὰ καὶ καρπὸν αὐτοφυῆ φέρουσιν ἀποχρῶντα πλήθει καὶ γλυκύτητι βόσκειν ἄνευ πόνων καὶ πραγματείασ σχολάζοντα δῆμον. (Plutarch, Sertorius, chapter 8 2:2)
- οὐ δύναται τὴν οἰκίαν φυλάττειν ὡσ ὁ κύων, οὐδὲ βαστάζειν ὡσ ὁ ἵπποσ, οὐδ’ ἀροῦν τὴν γῆν ὡσ οἱ βόεσ· (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 23 9:1)
Synonyms
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I sow
-
I beget
-
I enjoy the fruits of tillage
