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Strong's #723 - ἄροτρον
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ἄροτρον [ ᾰ], τό, (ἀρόω)
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1. plough, Od. 18.374; πηκτὸν ἄ. Il. 10.353, cf. Thgn. 1201, Pi. P. 4.224, etc.; ἰλλομένων ἀρότρων S. Ant. 340; ἀρότρῳ ἀναρρηγνύντες αὔλακας Hdt. 2.14: pl., Ar. Pl. 515, Mosch. Fr. 4.6. ἡ ἀπ' ἀρότρου πληγή, in boxing, right-handed blow, Paus. 6.10.2, Philostr. Gym. 20.
2. in pl., metaph. of the organs of generation, Nonn. D. 12.46, al.
II ἄροτρα· γῆ, χώρα, πλέθρα, Hsch.
ἄροτρον, ἀρότρου, τό (ἀρόω to plow), a plow: Luke 9:62. (In Greek writings from Homer down.)
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ἄροτρον , -ου , τό
(< ἀρόω , to plough),
[in LXX chiefly for H855;]
a plough: Luke 9:62.†
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ἄροτρον occurs in P Rein 17.20 (B.C. 109) ἄροτρον α ̄ ζυγὸν α ̄ (or ἄροτρον ἄζυγον α ̄), P Flor II. 134.1 (A.D. 260) τὸ ταυρικὸν ἅμα τῷ ἀρότρῳ, P Strass I. 32.3 (a business letter, A.D. 261) Μάξιμον. . . ἀπέστειλ ̣α πρὸς σέ, ἵνα αὐτῷ ἄροτρον γένηται. Ἀροτήρ (contracted ἀρ᾽ is found in P Lond 257.200 (A.D. 94) (= II. p. 26) : cf. OGIS 519.21 (iii/A.D.) τοὺς ἀροτῆρας βόας, where Dittenberger refers to Hesiod Op. 405 βοῦν ἀροτῆρα. MGr ἀλέτρι starts from ἀρέτριον, as Prof. Thumb notes.
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