τρόφιμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, also ος, η, ον, v. infr.:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[nourishing]], [[nutritious]], γάλα -ώτατον <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>523a11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>927a22</span> (Comp.), <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>27</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.94</span>, al., Gal. 6.382; opp. [[ἄτροφος]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.4.5</span>: c. gen., γᾶ τρόφιμε τῶν ἐμῶν τέκνων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1302</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>235</span> (lyr.); also ὕδωρ τὸ περὶ κηπείας τ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>845d</span>; <b class="b3">τ. κλυστῆρες</b> [[nutritive]] enemata, Lycusap. <span class="bibl">Orib.8.34t</span>it. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Subst. <b class="b3">τρόφιμος, ὁ,</b> a slave's [[young master]], ὁ τ. σου <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.Fr.</span>1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epit.</span>160</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pk.</span>74</span>, al., <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>24.20, 25.41 D.; rendered [[erilis filius]] by Ter.<span class="title">Andr.</span>602, <span class="title">Eun.</span>289, <span class="title">Phorm.</span>39, v. Donat. ad locc.: metaph., ἡ βουλὴ τὸν ἑαυτῆς τ. καὶ εὐεργέτην <span class="title">SIG</span>879.10 (Erythrae, iii A. D.): ἡ τροφίμη [[the mistress]], <span class="bibl">Poll.3.73</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> neut. <b class="b3">τρόφιμον, τό,</b> [[maintenance]], [[sustenance]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>297.21</span> (i A. D.); τ. δουλικόν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Teb.</span>121vi18</span>, al. (i A. D.): esp. [[food-supply]] of Alexandria, Just.<span class="title">Edict.</span>13.26, <span class="title">PKlein.Form.</span>328.4 (vi A. D., cf. <span class="title">Arch.Pap.</span>5.294): <b class="b3">τροφίμη σύνταξις</b> contract [[for board]], AP9.175 (Pall.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Pass., [[nursling]], [[foster-child]], παῖς τ. τίνος; <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>684</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Archipp.23</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>272b</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ τ</b>., freq. in Inscrr., <span class="title">IG</span>22.3969,3.3396, etc., and Pap., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1491.10</span> (iv A. D.), etc.; τ. ἀδελφός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Preis.</span> 42.6</span> (iii/iv A. D.); fem. τροφίμη <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>903.6</span> (iv A. D.): οἱ τ. [[our nurslings]], [[pupils]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>520d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>804a</span>; τ. τῆς ἀρετῆς Luc.Bis Acc.6, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>10.52 (Pall.) :—at Sparta, <b class="b3">οἱ τ</b>. were young persons too poor to pay their quota to the [[φιλίτια]], and brought up as companions of the richer class, who paid for them, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.3.9</span> :— also <b class="b3">τ. κύνες</b> dogs [[kept in the house]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>11.13</span>, <span class="bibl">16.31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of bodies, [[healthy]], [[strong]], [[well-nourished]], Hp.Aër.20 (Comp.); of plants, [[flourishing]], [[luxuriant]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>1.15.4</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τ. κύημα</b> [[viable]], [[capable of life]], opp. [[ἀνεμιαῖον]], <span class="bibl">Poll.2.6</span>.</span>