plough, till,
ἀρόω [ᾰ],pres. inf.
A.
ἀρώμεναι
Hes. Op. 22
:fut.
ἀρόσω
AP 9.740
( Gem. ),-ώσωor-όσσωib. 7.175 ( Antiphil. ):aor.
ἤροσα
Hes. Op. 485
, Pi. N. 10.26 , S. OT 1497 , etc. ( ᾱ̓́ροσε
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 :—plough, till,
οὔτε φυτεύουσιν . . οὔτ' ἀρόωσιν
Od. 9.108
: metaph. of poets,Μοίσαισιν ἔδωκ' ἀρόσαιgave themwork 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
. (Rootἀρο-,cf. Lat.arāre,Goth.arjan,Lith.árti,etc., 'plough'.)
