ἀροτήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓ρόω (ăróō, “I plow”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, masculine agent noun suffix). See also ἄροτρον (árotron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ro.tɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.roˈte̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.roˈtir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.roˈtir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.roˈtir/
Noun
ᾰ̓ροτήρ • (ărotḗr) m (genitive ᾰ̓ροτῆρος); third declension
- a plower, plowman, husbandman
- (adjectival use) having to do with ploughing
- (figuratively) a begetter, father
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓ροτήρ ho ărotḗr |
τὼ ᾰ̓ροτῆρε tṑ ărotêre |
οἱ ᾰ̓ροτῆρες hoi ărotêres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓ροτῆρος toû ărotêros |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ροτήροιν toîn ărotḗroin |
τῶν ᾰ̓ροτήρων tôn ărotḗrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓ροτῆρῐ tōî ărotêrĭ |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ροτήροιν toîn ărotḗroin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓ροτῆρσῐ / ᾰ̓ροτῆρσῐν toîs ărotêrsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓ροτῆρᾰ tòn ărotêră |
τὼ ᾰ̓ροτῆρε tṑ ărotêre |
τοὺς ᾰ̓ροτῆρᾰς toùs ărotêrăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓ροτήρ ărotḗr |
ᾰ̓ροτῆρε ărotêre |
ᾰ̓ροτῆρες ărotêres | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀροτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀροτήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀροτήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀροτήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀροτήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀροτήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.