Τρωγοδύται
ἡ δὲ γεωργία πέττει καὶ ἐνεργὸν ποιεῖ τὴν τροφήν → tillage brings to maturity and calls into action the nutritive properties of the soil
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], οἱ, name of an Ethiopian people, Hdt.4.183 (codd.ABC), LXX2 Ch.12.3 (cod. B), Pap. in Class.Phil.19.233,234 (iii B. C.), OGI70 (Egypt, iii B. C.), PTheb.Bank9.2 (i B. C.), Sammelb. 4050, Cic.Div.2.44.93, Plin.HN6.173, al., Mela 1.23, Mart.Cap.6.593, al., v.l. in D.S.1.37: sg. in PCair.Zen.40.2 (iii B. C.), PSI4.332.14 (iii B. C.): hence Τρωγοδυτικός, ή, όν, belonging to the Τρωγοδύται, σμύρνα, cf. τρωγλῖτις (where Τρωγλ-) ; Τρωγοδυτική, ἡ, their country, D.S. 1.30 (cf. p.lxxi Vogel), Plin.HN6.169, al.; also ἡ Τρωγοδύτις [ῠ] (Τρωγλ-codd.), ιδος, Plu.2.939d, Ael.NA17.3:—the spelling Τρωγλο- (as if Cave-dwellers) is known to Str.1.2.34 (unless the passage is interpolated) and is freq. f.l. in codd. (so always in codd.Str., as 16.4.4, 17.1.13, al., although he wrote it ἄνευ τοῦ λ acc. to Str.Chr. 16.55), cf. Arist.HA597a9, Dsc.2.160, Hsch.
Greek Monolingual
οἱ, Α
οι Τρωγλοδύτες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΑ Παρλλ. τ. της λ. Τρωγλοδύται, χωρίς να είναι δυνατόν να εξακριβωθεί ποιος από τους δύο τ. είναι ο αρχικός].
