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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀρόω (aróō, “I plow”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, masculine agent noun suffix). See also ἄροτρον (árotron).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ro.tɛ̌ːr/ → /a.roˈtir/ → /a.roˈtir/
Noun
ἀροτήρ • (arotḗr) m (genitive ἀροτῆρος); third declension
- a plower, plowman, husbandman
- (adjectival use) having to do with ploughing
- (figuratively) a begetter, father
Declension
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.