τροφεῖα
ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ → you can tell a fox by its tail, small traits give the clue to the character of a person
English (LSJ)
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A pay for rearing and bringing up, wages of a nurse, θανὼν τ. πληρώσει χθονί A.Th.477; [πορσῦναι] E.El.626; ἀποδοῦναι, ἐκτίνειν, Id.Ion 852, Pl.R.520b; prov., κριὸς τὰ τ. (sc. ἀπέτεισεν) Men.905; ἀνταποδοῦναι Lys.6.49, cf. IG5(2).345.7 (Orchom. Arc., ii/i B. C.), POxy.37.10 (i A. D.); πράξασθαι D.S.9.13. II βίου τ. one's living, food, S.OC341; τ. ματρός mother's milk, E.Ion 1493 (lyr.). III fodder, BGU912.19 (i A. D.), PAmh.2.143.5 (iv A. D.). IV maintenance, board, paid in money or kind, PEleph. 3.2, al. (iii B. C.), PMich.Teb.121v vii 7, al. (i A. D.), PRyl.153.4 (ii A. D.); paid to a wet-nurse, BGU1106.38,47 (i B. C.), PGrenf.2.75.5 (iv A. D.).
