ἀροτήρ
ῆρος, Adj., ὁ
A.
plougher, husbandman, Il. 18.542, 23.835, Hecat. 335J., E. El. 104, etc.: in Prose, Σκύθαι ἀροτῆρες, opp. νομάδες, Hdt. 4.17, cf. 191, 1.125, 7.50.
2.
as Adj., βοῦς ἀροτήρ steer for ploughing, Hes. Op. 405, Arat. 132, Plu. Pyrrh. 5, OGI 519.21 (Asia Minor, iii A. D.), etc.; ὁλκός Nonn. D. 3.192; τένων Orph. H. 40.8.
II.
metaph., begetter, father, τέκνων E. Tr. 135 (lyr.); εὐτεκνίης IG 14.1615.