ἀρότης
From LSJ
φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, = foreg., Pi.I.1.48, Hdt.4.2, Pherecr.130;
A βόες ἀ. Hp.Art.8, cf.Ael.VH5.14; Πιερίδων ἀρόται workmen of the Muses, i.e. poets, Pi.N.6.32; ἀ. κύματος seaman, Call.Fr.436.
