ἀρ-οτήρ[ᾰ],ῆρος,ὁ,
A. plougher, husbandman,
Il. 18.542 , 23.835 , Hecat. 335J. , E. El. 104 , etc.: in Prose,Σκύθαι ἀροτῆρες,opp.νομάδες,
Hdt. 4.17 , cf. 191 , 1.125 , 7.50 .
2. asAdj.,βοῦς ἀροτήρsteerfor ploughing,
Hes. Op. 405 , Arat. 132 , Plu. Pyrrh. 5 , OGI 519.21 (Asia Minor,iii A. D.), etc.; ὁλκός
Nonn. D. 3.192
; τένων
Orph. H. 40.8
.
II. metaph.,begetter, father,
τέκνων
E. Tr. 135
(lyr.); εὐτεκνίης
IG 14.1615
.