ἄροτρον

A. 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.

b. 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.