ἄρουρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *aroura, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥h₃-w-rh₂ (“cultivated land”); cognate with Sanskrit उर्वरा (urvárā).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἄρουρᾰ • (ároura) f (genitive ἀρούρᾱς); first declension

  1. cultivated land, a cultivated field
  2. ground, earth

Declension
First declension of ἡ ἄρουρᾰ; τῆς ἀρούρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἄρουρᾰ
hē ároura		 τὼ ἀρούρᾱ
tṑ aroúrā		 αἱ ἄρουραι
hai árourai
Genitive τῆς ἀρούρᾱς
tês aroúrās		 τοῖν ἀρούραιν
toîn aroúrain		 τῶν ἀρουρῶν
tôn arourôn
Dative τῇ ἀρούρᾳ
têi aroúrāi		 τοῖν ἀρούραιν
toîn aroúrain		 ταῖς ἀρούραις
taîs aroúrais
Accusative τὴν ἄρουρᾰν
tḕn árouran		 τὼ ἀρούρᾱ
tṑ aroúrā		 τᾱ̀ς ἀρούρᾱς
tā̀s aroúrās
Vocative ἄρουρᾰ
ároura		 ἀρούρᾱ
aroúrā		 ἄρουραι
árourai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
First declension of ἄρουρᾰ; ἀρούρης (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἄρουρᾰ
ároura		 ἀρούρᾱ
aroúrā		 ἄρουραι
árourai
Genitive ἀρούρης
aroúrēs		 ἀρούραιν / ἀρούραιῐν / ἀρούρῃῐν
aroúrai(i)n / aroúrēiin		 ἀρουρᾱ́ων / ἀρουρέ͜ων / ἀρουρῶν
arourā́ōn / arouré͜ōn / arourôn
Dative ἀρούρῃ
aroúrēi		 ἀρούραιν / ἀρούραιῐν / ἀρούρῃῐν
aroúrai(i)n / aroúrēiin		 ἀρούρῃσῐ / ἀρούρῃσῐν / ἀρούρῃς / ἀρούραις
aroúrēisi(n) / aroúrēis / aroúrais
Accusative ἄρουρᾰν
árouran		 ἀρούρᾱ
aroúrā		 ἀρούρᾱς
aroúrās
Vocative ἄρουρᾰ
ároura		 ἀρούρᾱ
aroúrā		 ἄρουραι
árourai
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
  • ἀρωραῖος (arōraîos) (hyper-Doricism)

Further reading
  • ἄρουρα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἄρουρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἄρουρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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