a ro u ra i
ἄρουρα[ᾰρ](ἀρωραῖοςin Ar. Ach. 762 is hyperdor., as shown by Aeol.
A.
ἄρουρα
Sapph. Supp. 25.11
, Cypr.
a ro u ra i(dat. sg.) Inscr.Cypr. 135.20H. ),ἡ, (ἀρόω)tilledorarable 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 δ' ἦν ἀμφὶς ἄ.
Il. 3.115
; σέο δ' 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 landin 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.
