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