ἀροτήρ

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/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ro.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.roˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.roˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.roˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.roˈtir/

Noun

ἀροτήρ • (arotḗr) m (genitive ἀροτῆρος); third declension

1. a plower, plowman, husbandman
2. (adjectival use) having to do with ploughing
3. (figuratively) a begetter, father

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀροτήρ ho arotḗr	τὼ ἀροτῆρε tṑ arotêre	οἱ ἀροτῆρες hoi arotêres
Genitive	τοῦ ἀροτῆρος toû arotêros	τοῖν ἀροτήροιν toîn arotḗroin	τῶν ἀροτήρων tôn arotḗrōn
Dative	τῷ ἀροτῆρῐ tôi arotêri	τοῖν ἀροτήροιν toîn arotḗroin	τοῖς ἀροτῆρσῐ / ἀροτῆρσῐν toîs arotêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀροτῆρᾰ tòn arotêra	τὼ ἀροτῆρε tṑ arotêre	τοὺς ἀροτῆρᾰς toùs arotêras
Vocative	ἀροτήρ arotḗr	ἀροτῆρε arotêre	ἀροτῆρες arotêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ὁ ἀροτήρ; τοῦ ἀροτῆρος (Attic)

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 (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ploughman idem, page 621.
  • tiller idem, page 875.