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ἄροτρον

ἄροτρον, a plough

ἄροτρον [ᾰ], τό, (ἀρόω)
  • 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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