τροφή

τροφ-ή, ἡ, ([etym.] τρέφω)

A nourishment, food, Hdt.3.48, S.Ph.32,953, Th.1.5, Ev.Matt. 3.4, Gal.6.35, Iamb.VP3.16, etc.;

ἡ καθ' ἡμέραν ἀναγκαία τ. Th.1.2

; the means of maintaining an army, provisions, forage,

τροφὴν παρέχειν Id.8.57

, cf. 6.93: pl., OGI56.70 (Canopus, iii B. C.), etc.

2 βίου τροφαί way of life, livelihood, living, S.OC338,446; τροφή alone,

δουλίαν ἕξειν τροφήν Id.Aj.499

, cf. OC362;

φεῦ τῆς ἀνύμφου . . σῆς τροφῆς Id.El.1183

;

τὰς ἐκ γῆς τ. ηὕρετο Pl.Prt.322a

: then, simply, mode of life,

δίκην τίνουσαι τῆς προτέρας τ. Id.Phd.81d

, cf. 84b;

βώμιοι τ. E.Ion 52

.

3 that which provides or procures sustenance, as the bow of Philoctetes,

χερὶ πάλλων τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου τροφάν S.Ph.1126

(lyr.).

4 a meal, τροφαῖς τέτταρσιν ἐχρῶντο Philem.Gloss. ap. Ath. 1.11d.

II nurture, rearing,

παιδία . . τρέφειν . . τροφήν τινα τοιήνδε Hdt.2.2

, cf. 3; χάριν τροφᾶς ἀμείβων v.l. in A.Ag.729 (lyr.);

νέας τροφῆς στερηθείς S.Aj.511

;

μητρὸς τ. E.Ion 1377

: freq. in pl., ἐν τροφαῖσιν while in the nursery, opp. ἐφηβήσας, A.Th.665;

ἠνυτόμαν τροφαῖς Id.Ag.1159

(lyr.);

ὦ δυσάθλιαι τ. S.OC330

;

αἱ ἐμαὶ τ. E.Tr.1187

;

τ. δημόσιαι Arist.Rh.1361a36

; ἐκτίνων τροφάς, much like τροφεῖα, A.Th. 548;

οἷς ὀδύνας ἀντὶ τροφῶν ἔλιπον IG12(5).973

([place name] Tenos).

2 education, E.Hec.599 (pl.);

τ. τε καὶ παιδεία Pl.Alc.1.122b

, cf. Arist. EN1179b34, 1180a26, al.

3 rearing or keeping of animals, Hdt. 2.65;

τροφαῖς ἵππων Pi.O.4.16

.

III sts. in Poets for the concrete θρέμμα, brood, νέα τ. a new generation, S.OT1, cf. A.Th. 786 (lyr.); of animals, ἀρνῶν τροφαί, i.e. young lambs, E.Cyc. 189.

IV a place in which animals are reared,

ἰβίων τροφαί PTeb. 5.70

, cf. 62.19, al. (ii B. C.), PPetr.3p.221 (iii B. C.), etc.