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ἀρόω

aroo

plough, till

Appears 52 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀρόω [ᾰ], pres. inf. ἀρώμεναι Hes. Op. 22: fut. ἀρόσω AP 9.740 (Gem.), -ώσω or -όσσω ib.7.175 (Antiphil.): aor. ἤροσα Hes. Op. 485, Pi. N. 10.26, S. OT 1497, etc. (ᾱροσε Call. Cer. 137), Ep. inf. ἀρόσσαι A.R. 3.497:—Pass., pres. ἀροῦται Din. 1.24: aor. ἠρόθην A. Supp. 1007, S. OT 1485: Ion. pf. part. ἀρηρομένος Il. 18.548, Hdt. 4.97:—Α. plough, till, οὔτε φυτεύουσιν . . οὔτʼ ἀρόωσιν Od. 9.108: metaph. of poets, Μοίσαισιν ἔδωκʼ ἀρόσαι gave them work to do (cf. ἀρότης), Pi. N. 10.26; πόντος . . ἠρόθη δορί A. l. c. II. sow, ἀροῦν εἰς Ἀδώνιδος κήπους Pl. Phdr. 276b:—metaph. in Pass., ἐν Διὸς κήποις ἀροῦσθαι . . ὄλβους S. Fr. 320. 2. metaph. of the man, ἀλλοτρίην ἄρουραν ἀροῦν Thgn. 582; τὴν τεκοῦσαν ἤροσεν S. OT 1497; of the mother, IG 7.581.1 (Tanagra): —Pass., of the child, ἔνθεν αὐτὸς ἠρόθην was begotten, S. OT 1485. (Root ἀρο-, cf. Lat. arāre, Goth. arjan, Lith. árti, etc., ‘plough’.)
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