ἄρουρα

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