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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[thicken]] or [[congeal]] a [[liquid]], [[γάλα]] θρέψαι to [[curdle]] it. Od.; τυρὸν τρέφειν Theocr.:—Pass., with intr. perf. act. [[τέτροφα]], to [[become]] [[firm]], περὶ χροῒ τέτροφεν [[ἄλκη]] Od.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to make to [[grow]] or [[increase]], to [[bring]] up, [[breed]], [[rear]], Hom., etc.; c. acc. cogn., τρ. τινὰ τροφήν τινα to [[bring]] up in a [[certain]] way, Hdt.:—Mid. to [[rear]] for [[oneself]], Od., etc.:—Pass. to reared, [[grow]] up, Hom.; κάρτιστοι [[τράφεν]] [[ἄνδρες]] grew up the strongest men, Il.; ἐξ [[ὅτου]] '[[τράφην]] ἐγώ from the [[time]] [[when]] I [[left]] the [[nursery]], Ar.; μιᾶς τρέφει πρὸς νυκτός, i. e. art a [[child]] of [[night]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of slaves, horses, dogs and the like, to [[rear]] and [[keep]] them, Hom., etc.; τρ. παιδαγωγούς Aeschin.; τρ. γυναῖκα Eur.;—metaph., αἰγιαλὸν [[ἔνδον]] τρέφει he keeps [[quite]] a sea-[[beach]] in the [[house]], Ar.:—Pass. to [[bred]], reared, Soph.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to let [[grow]], [[cherish]], [[foster]], χαίτην τρέφε Il.; τρ. ὑπήνην Ar.; τρ. κόμην = κομᾶν, Hdt.;—also, τάδ' [[ὕεσσι]] τρέφει ἀλοιφήν [[this]] is [[what]] puts fat on [[swine]], Od.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> of [[earth]] and sea, to [[produce]], [[teem]] with, χθὼν τρέφει φάρμακα Od.; [[θάλασσα]] τρέφουσα πορφύραν Aesch.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> to [[have]] [[within]] [[oneself]], to [[contain]], [[keep]], [[have]], [[ὅ τι]] [[πόλις]] τέτροφεν ἄφιλον Soph.; τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν to [[keep]] his [[tongue]] [[more]] [[quiet]], Soph.; νόσον τρ. Soph.; οἵας λατρείας τρέφει [[what]] services she [[constantly]] performs, Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[maintain]], [[support]], τρ. [[Ἥλιος]] χθονὸς φύσιν Aesch.; τρ. τὸν πατέρα Aeschin.: esp. to [[maintain]] an [[army]] or [[navy]], Thuc., Xen.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> aor2 act. in intr. [[sense]], ἔτραφον = [[pass]]. [[ἐτράφην]], ὃς ἔτραφ' [[ἄριστος]] Il.; [[τραφέμεν]] (ionic for τραφεῖν) Hom.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> so perf. [[τέτροφα]], v. supr. I.