rearing
From LSJ
Τῶν γὰρ πενήτων εἰσὶν οἱ λόγοι κενοί → Haud pondus ullum pauperum verbis inest → Denn der Armen Worte haben kein Gewicht
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. τροφή, ἡ, παιδεία, ἡ; see also begetting.
rearing of children: P. παιδοτροφία, ἡ.
rearing of horses: P. ἱπποτροφία, ἡ.
debt due for one's rearing: P. and V. τροφεῖα, τά.
yet she would but pay to the dead the debt due for her rearing: V. καὶ μὴν τίνοι γ' ἂν τῇ τεθνηκυίᾳ τροφάς (Euripides, Orestes 109).
