ἐκτρέφω

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English (LSJ)

   A bring up from childhood, rear up, Hdt.1.122, A.Ch.750, etc.; ἐξέφυσε κἀξέθρεψέ με S.OT827; ἐκτεθραμμένοι σκύμνοι λεόντων true-bred... E.Supp.1222; of plants, τὸ ἐκτρέφον τὴν ῥίζαν Hdt. 1.193; ἐκτρέφει ἡ γῆ τὸ σπέρμα X.Oec.17.10; ποταμοῦ πνεῦμα τραχύτερον ἐκθρέψαντος Plu.2.357d:—Med., rear up for oneself, τινά h.Cer. 166; ἤνεγκα κἀξέσωσα κἀξεθρεψάμην, says the παιδαγωγός, S.El.13, cf. Fr.387, Pl.Lg.929a:—Pass., εἴ σοί τις υἱός ἐστιν ἐκτεθραμμένος Ar.Nu.796; ἐγένου τε καὶ ἐξετράφης Pl.Cri.50e, cf. Lys.19.8.    II Med., of pregnant animals, nourish, [ζῷα] μεγάλα ἐντὸς ἐκθρέψωνται Pl.Ti.91d:—Act., bring to birth, τὰ κυήματα Arist.GA773a34.