θρεπτήριος

English (LSJ)

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   A feeding, nourishing, μαστός A.Ch.545.    II πλόκαμος Ἰνάχῳ θ. hair dedicated as a thank-offering to Inachus, ib. 6.    III Subst. θρεπτήριον, τό,= θρεπτάριον, PLond.5.1708.248 (vi A.D.).    2 pl., θρεπτήρια, τά, reward for rearing, made to nurses by parents, h.Cer.168,223; also, return made by children for their rearing (Att. τροφεῖα), Hes.Op.188, Ael.VH2.7.    b nourishment, τὰ . . νηδύος θ. S.OC1263.