[134] ἄροσις λείη, ‘smooth ploughing land.’ So in Il.9. 579 we have a description of a “τέμενος . . τὸ μὲν ἥμισυ οἰνοπέδοιο”,
“ἥμισυ δὲ ψιλὴν ἄροσιν πεδίοιο ταμέσθαι”. Mayor compares aratio from Cic. Phil.2. 101, and Milton's use of the word ‘tilth.’αἰεὶ εἰς ὥρας, to be taken closely together; the latter clause being qualificative of the former—‘always, as the seasons come.’