nurse

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

suckle: P. τιτθεύειν, θηλάζειν (or mid.); see suckle.

bring up, rear: P. and V. τρέφειν (or mid.), ἐκτρέφειν.

tend (the sick): P. and V. θεραπεύειν, P. νοσηλεύειν; see tend.

harbour (feelings, etc.): P. and V. τρέφειν (Plato), φυλάσσειν, ἔχειν.

turn over and over in thought: Ar. and V. βουκολεῖν (or mid.).

substantive

wet nurse: P. and V. τιθήνη, ἡ (Plato), Ar. and P. τίτθη, ἡ.

be a nurse, v.: P. τιτθεύειν.

generally: P. and V. τροφός, ὁ, or ἡ, τροφεύς, ὁ, or ἡ.

In voc., good nurse: Ar. and V. μαῖα.

one who waits on the sick: P. θεραπευτής, ὁ.

a slave who attends on boys: P. and V. παιδαγωγός, ὁ.