τροφεῖα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τά, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[pay for rearing and bringing up]], [[wages of a nurse]], θανὼν τροφεῖα πληρώσει χθονί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>477</span>; ([[πορσῦναι]]) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>626</span>; [[ἀποδοῦναι]], [[ἐκτίνειν]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span> 852</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>520b</span>; [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">κριὸς τὰ τροφεῖα</b> (sc. ἀπέτεισεν) = a [[ram]] [[butt]]s at those who have brought him up, of [[ingratitude]], <span class="bibl">Men.905</span>; [[ἀνταποδοῦναι]] <span class="bibl">Lys.6.49</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).345.7 (Orchom. Arc., ii/i B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>37.10</span> (i A. D.); [[πράξασθαι]] <span class="bibl">D.S.9.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">βίου τροφεῖα</b> one's [[living]], [[food]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>341</span>; <b class="b3">τροφεῖα ματρός</b> [[mother]]'s [[milk]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1493</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[fodder]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>912.19</span> (i A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.143.5</span> (iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[maintenance]], [[board]], paid in [[money]] or [[kind]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEleph.</span> 3.2</span>, al. (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Teb.</span>121v</span><span class="bibl"> vii 7</span>, al. (i A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>153.4</span> (ii A. D.); paid to a [[wet-nurse]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1106.38</span>,<span class="bibl">47</span> (i B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span>2.75.5</span> (iv A. D.).</span>