ἄροτος
ἀγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω → no one ignorant of geometry may enter, let no one ignorant of geometry enter, let no one ignorant of geometry come in
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], ὁ,
A corn-field, οὔτ' ἄρα ποίμνῃσιν καταΐσχεται οὔτ' ἀρότοισιν Od.9.122: metaph., Ἄρη τὸν ἀρότοις θερίζοντα βροτοὺς ἐν ἄλλοις A. Supp.638 (lyr.). 2 crop, S.OT270: metaph., seed, τέκνων ὃν ἔτεκες ἄροτον E.Med.1281 (lyr.); ὅσον εὐσεβίᾳ κρατοῦμεν ἄδικον ἄροτον (cj. Barnes for ἄροτρον) ἀνδρῶν Id.Ion1095. 3 tillage, ploughing, Hes.Op.384,458; ζῆν ἀπ' ἀρότου live by husbandry, Hdt.4.46; ἄ. ἱερός ritual ploughing, ceremonial at Athens, Plu.2.144a: pl., Ar.Ra. 1034. 4 metaph., procreation of children, ὁ ἄ. ὁ ἐν γυναικί Pl. Cra.406b; παίδων ἐπ' ἀρότῳ γνησίων, in Athen. marriage-contracts, Men.720, cf. Pk.436, Luc.Tim.17; τέκνων ἀρότοισιν E.Hyps.Fr.1iii 25. II season of tillage, seed-time, Hes.Op.450, Thphr.HP8.1.2, Arat.267, etc.: hence, season, year, τὸν παρελθόντ' ἄ. S.Tr.69; δωδέκατος ἄ. ib.825 (lyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 357] ὁ, das Beackern, Pflügen, der Ackerbau, Hom. einmal, im plur., Od. 9, 122 οὔτ' ἄρα ποίμνῃσιν καταΐσχεται οὔτ' ἀρότοισιν; übertr., das Kinderzeugen, ἐπὶ παίδων γνησίων ἀρότῳ herkömmliche Formel in den att. Eheverträgen, vgl. Heind. zu Plat. Crat. 406 b; Luc. Tim. 17; Aristaen. 1, 19; – die Saat, Feldfrucht, genauer ἀροτός accentuirt, Soph. O. R. 270, Schol. καρπός; übertr., τέκνων ἀροτὸν κτενεῖς Eur. Med. 1281; – vielleicht auch Saatland, Aesch. Suppl. 629.
