ἄροτρον

arotron

plough

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10353
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13703
Odyssey 2
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Book 13 1
Chapter ?

1332
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18374

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄροτρον [ᾰ], τό, (ἀρόω) A. plough, Od. 18.374; πηκτὸν ἄ. Il. 10.353, cf. Thgn. 1201, Pi. P. 4.224, etc.; ἰλλομένων ἀρότρων S. Ant. 340; ἀρότρῳ ἀναρρηγνύντες αὔλακας Hdt. 2.14: pl., Ar. Pl. 515, Mosch. Fr. 4.6. b. ἡ ἀπʼ ἀρότρου πληγή, in boxing, right-handed blow, Paus. 6.10.2, Philostr. Gym. 20. 2. in pl., metaph. of the organs of generation, Nonn. D. 12.46, al. II. ἄροτρα· γῆ, χώρα, πλέθρα, Hsch.

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