ἀρόω
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ἄρουρα ἡ γῆ, ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀροῦσθαι
Translation (En)
Aroura "arable land" means "earth", from the fact that it is ploughed (aroûsthai)
Parallels
D Schol. Il. 3.246 (Καρπὸν ἀρούρης. Τῆς γῆς καρπόν. Παρὰ τὸ ἀροῦσθαι αὐτήν); Orion, Etymologicum, alpha, p. 5 (Ἄρουραν, παρὰ τὸ ἀροῦν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀραιοῦσθαι αὐτὴν γεωργουμένην. κυρίως δὲ ἡ πρασορὰν [corrupt reading for <πρὸς σποράν>, see Etym. Gudianum] καὶ ἀροτρίασιν ἐπιτηδείαν); Hesychius, Lexicon, alpha 7378 (ἄρουρα· ἡ γῆ. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀροῦσθαι); Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, alpha 185 (ἄρουρα (Γ 115): κυρίως ἡ ἠροτριαμένη γῆ· παρὰ τὸ ἀρῶ ἀρόσω ἄρορα καὶ ἄρουρα. τὸ δὲ ἀρῶ παρὰ τὸ Ἄρης, ὃ σημαίνει τὸν σίδηρον· σιδήρῳ γὰρ τέμνεται διὰ τὴν ὕνιν. διαφέρει γῆ καὶ ἄρουρα· γῆ λέγεται ἁπλῶς πᾶσα ἡ ξηρά, ἄρουρα δὲ ἡ πρὸς σπορὰν καρπῶν ἐπιτηδεία); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 203 (idem); Etym. Genuinum, alpha 1212 (Ἄρουρα· ἡ γῆ· κυρίως ἡ πρὸς σπορὰν καὶ ἄροσιν ἐπιτηδεία· παρὰ τὸ ἀροῦν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀραιοῦσθαι τὴν γεωργουμένην γῆν); Etym. Parvum, alpha 3 (Ἄρουρα· παρὰ τὸ ἀρῶ, τὸ ἀροτριῶ· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀραιοῦσθαι τὴν γεωργουμένην γῆν); Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 203 (Ὠρίωνος Ἄρουρα· παρὰ τὸ ἀραιοῦσθαι <αὐ>τὴν γεωργουμένην. κυρίως δὲ ἡ πρὸς σπορὰν καὶ ἄροσιν ἐπιτηδεία. ‖ ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀρῶ, τὸ ἀροτριῶ· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀραιοῦσθαι τὴν γῆν τὴν γεωργουμένην); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, alpha, p. 203 (Ἄρουρα· ἡ γῆ· παρὰ τὸ ἀρ⟦ῶ⟧, τὸ ἀροτριῶ, ἄρορα καὶ ἄρουρα πλεονασμῷ τοῦ υ); Eustathius, Comm. Il. 1, 647 (ἄρουρα ἡ ἀρουμένη γῆ); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges p. 147 (Ἄρουρα: Ἡ γῆ· κυρίως, ἡ ἠροτριασμένη, ἢ ἡ πρὸς σπορὰν καὶ ἄροσιν ἐπιτηδεία. Ἀρῶ, ἀρόσω, ἄρουρα. Καὶ ἄρουρα, παρὰ τὸ ἀροῦν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀραιοῦσθαι τὴν γεωργουμένην γῆν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, alpha, p. 299 (Ἄρουρα. κυρίως ἡ γῆ, ἡ πρὸς σπορὰν ἐπιτηδεία γῆ. παρὰ τὸ ἀροῦν. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ἀραιοῦσθαι τὴν γεωργουμένην γῆν)
Comment
This etymology, which correctly derives aroura from aroō "to plough", is much older than Apollonius, but not attested explicitly in older sources. It is implicit in the figura etymologica by Theognis, Elegies 1.580 (ὃς τὴν ἀλλοτρίαν βούλετ’ ἄρουραν ἀροῦν)