τιθηνός
σφάγιον ἐπ' ὀλέθρῳ, γυναικεῖον ἀμφικεῖσθαι μόρον → my wife's death, lies upon me, bringing destruction after death | Is it that now there waits in store for me, my own wife's death to crown my misery
English (LSJ)
όν, (θῆσθαι)
A nursing, χθών Lyc.1398; πόνων τιθηνοὺς ἀποδιδοῦσά σοι τροφάς repaying thee nurture for thy nursing labours, i.e. rewarding thee for thy trouble in nursing me, E.IA1230. II Subst. τιθηνός, ὁ, one who nurses or brings up, foster-father, LXX Nu. 11.12, al., Nic.Al.31, Orph.H.54.1, etc.; τ. τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως Sammelb.1568.2 (ii B.C.): also τιθηνός, ἡ, = τιθήνη, Anon. ap. Longin. 44.2, Plu.2.322c. 2 nursling, παῖδα τιθηνόν IG14.1437.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1113] wartend, nährend, pflegend; πόνων τιθηνοὺς ἀποδιδοῦσά σοι τροφάς, Eur. I. A. 1230; als subst. der Pfleger oder Erzieher, Nic. Al. 31; Plut. Pomp. 77; auch ἡ τιθηνός, Pind. fr. 14.
