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ἄρουρα [α^ρ] ἀρωραῖος in Ar.Ach.762 is hyperdor., as shown by Aeol.
A.ἄρουραSapph.Supp.25.11, Cypr. a ro u ra i (dat. sg.) Inscr.Cypr.135.20H.), , (ἀρόω) tilled or arable land, Il.11.68, etc.; “φυταλιῆς καὶ ἀρούρης6.195; “οὖθαρ ἀρούρης9.141, al.; “τέλσον ἀρούρης18.544: in pl., corn-lands, fields, 14.122, 23.599: rare in Prose, Pl.Ti.22e, Arist.Pol.1284a30, Inscr.Cypr. l.c.
2. generally, earth, ground,ὀλίγη δ᾽ ἦν ἀμφὶς .Il.3.115; “σέο δ᾽ ὀστέα πύσει .4.174.
3. land, generally, = γῆ; πατρὶς . father-land, Od.1.407; . πατρία, πατρῴα, Pi.O.2.14, I.1.35.
5. metaph. of a woman as receiving seed and bearing fruit, Thgn.582, A.Th.754 (lyr.), S.OT1257, cf. Tr. 32; “. θήλειαPl.Lg.839a, cf. Ti.91d.
II. measure of land in Egypt, 100 cubits square, Hdt.2.168, cf. 141, OGI90.30, POxy.45.12, Hecat. Abd. ap. J.Ap.1.22, PRyl.143.17 (i A.D.), etc.
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    • Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 754
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.168
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    • Homer, Iliad, 14.122
    • Homer, Iliad, 18.544
    • Homer, Iliad, 23.599
    • Homer, Iliad, 3.115
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    • Homer, Iliad, 9.141
    • Homer, Odyssey, 1.407
    • Homer, Odyssey, 7.332
    • Plato, Laws, 839a
    • Plato, Timaeus, 22e
    • Plato, Timaeus, 91d
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 1257
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 32
    • Flavius Josephus, Against Apion, 1.22
    • Homer, Iliad, 18.104
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 762
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