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|Definition=ον, also ος, η, ον, v. infr.:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[nourishing]], [[nutritious]], γάλα τροφιμώτατον Arist. ''HA''523a11, cf. ''Pr.''927a22 (Comp.), Phld.''Sign.''27, Sor.1.94, al., Gal. 6.382; opp. [[ἄτροφος]], Thphr.''CP''6.4.5: c. gen., γᾶ τρόφιμε τῶν ἐμῶν τέκνων E.''Tr.''1302 (lyr.), cf. ''Ion''235 (lyr.); also [[ὕδωρ]] τὸ περὶ κηπείας τρόφιμον Pl.''Lg.''845d; <b class="b3">τρόφιμοι κλυστῆρες</b> [[nutritive]] enemata, Lycusap. Orib.8.34tit.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Subst. <b class="b3">τρόφιμος, ὁ,</b> a [[slave]]'s [[young master]], ὁ τ. σου Men.''Epit.Fr.''1, cf. ''Epit.''160, ''Pk.''74, al., ''Com.Adesp.''24.20, 25.41 D.; rendered [[erilis]] [[filius]] by Ter.''Andr.''602, ''Eun.''289, ''Phorm.''39, v. Donat. ad locc.: metaph., ἡ βουλὴ τὸν ἑαυτῆς τ. καὶ εὐεργέτην ''SIG''879.10 (Erythrae, iii A. D.): ἡ [[τροφίμη]] the [[mistress]], Poll.3.73.<br><span class="bld">2</span> neut. [[τρόφιμον]], τό, [[maintenance]], [[sustenance]], ''BGU''297.21 (i A. D.); τ. δουλικόν ''PMich.Teb.''121vi18, al. (i A. D.): esp. [[food-supply]] of Alexandria, Just.''Edict.''13.26, ''PKlein.Form.''328.4 (vi A. D., cf. ''Arch.Pap.''5.294): <b class="b3">τροφίμη σύνταξις</b> [[contract]] [[for board]], AP9.175 (Pall.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> Pass., [[nursling]], [[foster-child]], παῖς τ. τίνος; E.''Ion''684 (lyr.), cf. Archipp.23, Pl.''Plt.''272b; <b class="b3">ὁ τ</b>., freq. in Inscrr., ''IG''22.3969,3.3396, etc., and Pap., ''POxy.''1491.10 (iv A. D.), etc.; τ. ἀδελφός ''PCair.Preis.'' 42.6 (iii/iv A. D.); fem. τροφίμη ''POxy.''903.6 (iv A. D.): οἱ τρόφιμοι our [[nursling]]s, [[pupil]]s, Pl.''R.''520d, cf. ''Lg.''804a; τ. τῆς ἀρετῆς Luc.Bis Acc.6, cf. ''AP''10.52 (Pall.):—at Sparta, οἱ τρόφιμοι were young persons too poor to pay their quota to the [[φιλίτια]], and brought up as companions of the richer class, who paid for them, X.''HG''5.3.9:— also <b class="b3">τρόφιμοι κύνες</b> [[dog]]s [[kept in the house]], Ael.''NA''11.13, 16.31.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of bodies, [[healthy]], [[strong]], [[well-nourished]], Hp.Aër.20 (Comp.); of plants, [[flourishing]], [[luxuriant]], Thphr.''CP''1.15.4 (Comp.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">τρόφιμον κύημα</b> [[viable]], [[capable of life]], opp. [[ἀνεμιαῖον]], Poll.2.6.