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[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.’The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.
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