τροφός: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=ὁ and ἡ, (τρέφω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">feeder, rearer</b>, Hom. only in Od. and always fem. of a <b class="b2">nurse</b>, φίλη τ. Εὐρύκλεια <span class="bibl">2.361</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.156</span>,<span class="bibl">6.61</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>35.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>292.157</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="title">Glotta</span> 16.274 (Egypt), <span class="bibl">Sor.1.105</span>, al., Gal.6.36, etc.; ἡ τ. βασιλέως <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>4980</span> (i B. C.); of a mother, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>849</span>.—The masc. was usu. <b class="b3">τροφεύς</b> (q. v.); but <b class="b3">τροφός</b> as masc. occurs in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>45</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>409</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>268a</span>, <span class="bibl">268c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., of a city, Συράκοσαι, ἀνδρῶν ἵππων τε δαιμόνιαι τροφοί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 2.2</span>; Γῇ τε μητρί, φιλτάτῃ τροφῷ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>16</span>; αἵματ' ἐκποθένθ' ὑπὸ χθονὸς τροφοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>66</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1092</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>760</span>; μήτηρ ἁπάντων γαῖα καὶ κοινὴ τ. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>617</span>; νὺξ ἄστρων τ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>54</span>; τὴν γεωργίαν τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν μητέρα καὶ τ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>5.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>267d</span>; of Miletus, τ. τοῦ . . Ἀπόλλωνος <span class="title">SIG</span>906A5 (iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in neut., τὸ τροφόν <b class="b2">that which nourishes</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>289a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">τροφός, ἡ,</b> name of a plaster, Orib.<span class="title">Fr.</span>99. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., <b class="b2">nursling</b>, <b class="b3">τροφοί· ἀντὶ τοῦ θρέμματα</b> (Meineke <b class="b3">τροφαί</b>), Hsch.</span>

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