- ἄρουρα
- ἄρουρα [ᾰρ] (ἀρωραῖος in Ar.Ach.762 is hyperdor., as shown by [dialect] Aeol.A
ἄρουρα Sapph.Supp.25.11
, Cypr. a ro u ra i (dat. sg.) Inscr.Cypr.135.20H.), ἡ, ([etym.] ἀρόω) tilled or arable land, Il.11.68, etc.;φυταλιῆς καὶ ἀρούρης 6.195
;οὖθαρ ἀρούρης 9.141
, al.;τέλσον ἀρούρης 18.544
: 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 ἄ. Il.3.115
;σέο δ' ὀστέα πύσει ἄ. 4.174
.3 land, generally, = γῆ; πατρὶς ἄ. father-land, Od.1.407; ἄ. πατρία, πατρῴα, Pi.O.2.14, I.1.35.4 the earth,ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄ. Il.8.486
, Od.7.332;ἄχθος ἀρούρης Il.18.104
. al.5 metaph. of a woman as receiving seed and bearing fruit, Thgn.582, A.Th.754 (lyr.), S.OT1257, cf. Tr. 32;ἄ. θήλεια Pl.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.III = σωρὸς σίτου σὺν ἀχύροις (Cypr.), Hsch.
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