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ἀρόω [α^], pres. inf.
A.ἀρώμεναιHes.Op.22: fut. “ἀρόσωAP9.740 (Gem.), -ώσω or -όσσω ib.7.175 (Antiphil.): aor. “ἤροσαHes.Op.485, Pi.N.10.26, S.OT1497, etc. (“α?ροσεCall.Cer.137), Ep. inf. “ἀρόσσαιA.R.3.497:—Pass., pres. “ἀροῦταιDin.1.24: aor. “ἠρόθηνA.Supp.1007, S.OT1485: Ion. pf. part. “ἀρηρομένοςIl.18.548, Hdt.4.97:—plough, till,οὔτε φυτεύουσιν . . οὔτ᾽ ἀρόωσινOd.9.108: metaph. of poets, Μοίσαισιν ἔδωκ᾽ ἀρόσαι gave them work to do (cf. ἀρότης), Pi.N.10.26; “πόντος . . ἠρόθη δορίA. l. c.
2. metaph. of the man, “ἀλλοτρίην ἄρουραν ἀροῦνThgn.582; “τὴν τεκοῦσαν ἤροσενS.OT1497; of the mother, IG7.581.1 (Tanagra): —Pass., of the child, “ἔνθεν αὐτὸς ἠρόθηνwas begotten, S.OT1485. (Root ἀρο-, cf. Lat. arāre, Goth. arjan, Lith. árti, etc., 'plough'.)
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    • Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, The Archaic Age
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    • Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens, 1007
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.97
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 22
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 485
    • Homer, Iliad, 18.548
    • Homer, Odyssey, 9.108
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 276b
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 1485
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 1497
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 320
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 3.497
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