1. a plougher, husbandman , (Iliad by Homer); Σκύθαι ἀροτῆρες, opposite to νομάδες, (Herdotus Historicus):—;adjective, βοῦς ἀροτήρ a steer for ploughing , (Hesiod)

2. metaphorically a father , (Euripides) (ML)