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|Definition=-έως, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[one who brings up]], [[foster-father]], S.''Ph.''344, E.''El.''16, ''Ph.''45, Theophil. 1; [[tutor]], βασιλέως ''OGI''148.2 (Cyprus, ii B. C.), 256.1 (Delos, ii B. C.), cf. ''Sammelb.''1568.1 (ii B. C.), Gal.14.664, M.Ant.5.31; of a woman, [[nurse]], A.''Ch.''760 ([[στροφεύς]] codd.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> in [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''863, Ajax addresses the plains and fountains of Troy, <b class="b3">χαίρετ' ὦ τροφῆς ἐμοί</b> [[ye who have fed]] me, or [[with whom]] I [[have lived]]; so τροφέας παρέδωκε τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν Antipho4.1.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[rearer]], [[breeder]], ἵππων Pl.''Lg.''735b; <b class="b3">ἅρματος τ.</b> [[one who keeps]] a chariot, ib.834b; <b class="b3">πάσης κακίας</b> [[one who fosters]] all wickedness, Id.''R.''580a.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[one who gives free meals to the people]], IGRom.3.89 (Amastris, i A. D.), 4.1680 (Pergam.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[personal attendant]], [[slave]], Aristid.''Or.''49(25).3,15, 20, 50(26).103.