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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bring up from childhood, rear up</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.122</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>750</span>, etc.; ἐξέφυσε κἀξέθρεψέ με <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>827</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκτεθραμμένοι σκύμνοι λεόντων</b> <b class="b2">true-bred</b>... <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1222</span>; of plants, τὸ ἐκτρέφον τὴν ῥίζαν <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.193</span>; ἐκτρέφει ἡ γῆ τὸ σπέρμα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>17.10</span>; ποταμοῦ πνεῦμα τραχύτερον ἐκθρέψαντος Plu.2.357d:—Med., [[rear up for oneself]], τινά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span> 166</span>; <b class="b3">ἤνεγκα κἀξέσωσα κἀξεθρεψάμην</b>, says the <b class="b3">παιδαγωγός</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>387</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>929a</span>:—Pass., εἴ σοί τις υἱός ἐστιν ἐκτεθραμμένος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>796</span>; ἐγένου τε καὶ ἐξετράφης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>50e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.19.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med., of pregnant animals, [[nourish]], [ζῷα] μεγάλα ἐντὸς ἐκθρέψωνται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>91d</span>:—Act., [[bring to birth]], τὰ κυήματα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>773a34</span>.</span>