ἄρουρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰρ] ([[ἀρωραῖος]] in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>762</span> is hyperdor., as shown by Aeol. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἄρουρα <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>25.11</span>, Cypr. [[arourai]] (dat. sg.) <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>135.20H.), ἡ, (ἀρόω) [[tilled]] or [[arable land]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.68</span>, etc.; φυταλιῆς καὶ ἀρούρης <span class="bibl">6.195</span>; οὖθαρ ἀρούρης <span class="bibl">9.141</span>, al.; τέλσον ἀρούρης <span class="bibl">18.544</span>: in pl., [[corn-lands]], [[fields]], <span class="bibl">14.122</span>, <span class="bibl">23.599</span>: rare in Prose, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>22e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1284a30</span>, <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span> l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[earth]], [[ground]], ὀλίγη δ' ἦν ἀμφὶς ἄ. <span class="bibl">Il.3.115</span>; σέο δ' ὀστέα πύσει ἄ. <span class="bibl">4.174</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[land]], generally, = [[γῆ]]; [[πατρὶς ἄρουρα]] [[fatherland]], <span class="bibl">Od.1.407</span>; <b class="b3">ἄρουρα πατρία, πατρῴα</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span>1.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[the earth]], ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄ. <span class="bibl">Il.8.486</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.7.332</span>; ἄχθος ἀρούρης <span class="bibl">Il.18.104</span>. al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> metaph. of a woman as receiving seed and bearing fruit, <span class="bibl">Thgn.582</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>754</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1257</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span> 32</span>; ἄ. θήλεια <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>839a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>91d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[measure of land]] in Egypt, <span class="bibl">100</span> [[cubits square]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.168</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">141</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>90.30, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>45.12</span>, Hecat. Abd. ap. <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">Ap.</span>1.22</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>143.17</span> (i A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[σωρὸς σίτου σὺν ἀχύροις]] (Cypr.), Hsch.</span>