ἄροτρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *árotron, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥h₃trom, from *h₂erh₃- +‎ *-trom; equivalent to ἀρόω (aróō, “to plough”) +‎ -τρον (-tron, instrument noun suffix). Cognates include Latin arātrum, Old Armenian արաւր (arawr) and Old Norse arðr (→ modern English ard).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓́ροτρον • (ắrotron) n (genitive ᾰ̓ρότρου); second declension

  1. plough
    1. (figuratively, in the plural) the organs of generation

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́ροτρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓ρότρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ᾰ̓́ροτρον
tò ắrotron 		τὼ ᾰ̓ρότρω
tṑ ărótrō 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ροτρᾰ
tằ ắrotră
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓ρότρου
toû ărótrou 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ρότροιν
toîn ărótroin 		τῶν ᾰ̓ρότρων
tôn ărótrōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓ρότρῳ
tōî ărótrōi 		τοῖν ᾰ̓ρότροιν
toîn ărótroin 		τοῖς ᾰ̓ρότροις
toîs ărótrois
Accusative τὸ ᾰ̓́ροτρον
tò ắrotron 		τὼ ᾰ̓ρότρω
tṑ ărótrō 		τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́ροτρᾰ
tằ ắrotră
Vocative ᾰ̓́ροτρον
ắrotron 		ᾰ̓ρότρω
ărótrō 		ᾰ̓́ροτρᾰ
ắrotră
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: άροτρο (árotro)

Further reading

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