ἄροτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[corn field]], οὔτ' ἄρα ποίμνῃσιν καταΐσχεται οὔτ' ἀρότοισιν Od.9.122: metaph., Ἄρη τὸν ἀρότοις θερίζοντα βροτοὺς ἐν ἄλλοις A. Supp.638 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[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.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[tillage]], [[ploughing]], Hes.Op.384,458; [[ζῆν]] ἀπ' ἀρότου = [[live]] by [[husbandry]], Hdt.4.46; ἄροτος [[ἱερός]] = [[ritual]] [[ploughing]], [[ceremonial]] at Athens, Plu.2.144a: pl., Ar.Ra. 1034.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[procreation of children]], ὁ ἄροτος ὁ ἐν γυναικί Pl. Cra.406b; παίδων ἐπ' ἀρότῳ γνησίων, in Athen. [[marriage]]-[[contract]]s, Men.720, cf. Pk.436, Luc.Tim.17; τέκνων ἀρότοισιν E.Hyps.Fr.1iii 25.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[season of tillage]], [[seed-time]], Hes.Op.450, Thphr.HP8.1.2, Arat.267, etc.: hence, [[season]], [[year]], τὸν παρελθόντ' ἄροτον S.Tr.69; δωδέκατος ἄροτος ib.825 (lyr.).

|btext=ου (ὁ) :<br /><b>I.</b> [[labour]], [[travail des champs]];<br /><b>II.</b> <i>p. suite</i> :<br /><b>1</b> champ labouré;<br /><b>2</b> [[produit des champs]], [[récolte]];<br /><b>3</b> <i>fig.</i> fruit du champ conjugal (v. [[ἄρουρα]]), <i>càd</i> rejetons, enfants;<br /><b>4</b> temps du labour ; année.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[ἀρόω]].