θρέψις
From LSJ
ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A nourishing, σωμάτων S.E.M.11.97, cf. Alex.Aphr. Pr.2.66, Gal.1.655, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1217] ἡ (τρέφω), das Ernähren, Aufziehen, Sp., wie S. Emp. adv. eth. 97.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
θρέψις: εως ἡ питание, кормление (ῥῶσις καὶ θ. σωμάτων Sext.).