- τροφός
- τροφός, ὁ and ἡ, ([etym.] τρέφω)A feeder, rearer, Hom. only in Od. and always fem. of a nurse,
φίλη τ. Εὐρύκλεια 2.361
, al., cf. Hdt.2.156,6.61, LXX Ge.35.8, PCair.Zen.292.157 (iii B. C.), Glotta 16.274 ([place name] Egypt), Sor.1.105, al., Gal.6.36, etc.;ἡ τ. βασιλέως Sammelb.4980
(i B. C.); of a mother, S.Aj.849.—The masc. was usu. τροφεύς (q. v.); but τροφός as masc. occurs in E.HF45, El.409, Pl.Plt.268a, 268c.2 metaph., of a city,Συράκοσαι, ἀνδρῶν ἵππων τε δαιμόνιαι τροφοί Pi.P. 2.2
;Γῇ τε μητρί, φιλτάτῃ τροφῷ A.Th.16
;αἵματ' ἐκποθένθ' ὑπὸ χθονὸς τροφοῦ Id.Ch.66
(lyr.), cf. S.OT1092 (lyr.), OC760;μήτηρ ἁπάντων γαῖα καὶ κοινὴ τ. Men.Mon.617
;νὺξ ἄστρων τ. E.El.54
;τὴν γεωργίαν τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν μητέρα καὶ τ. X.Oec.5.17
, cf. Pl.Plt.267d; of Miletus,τ. τοῦ . . Ἀπόλλωνος SIG906
A5 (iv A. D.).3 in neut.,τὸ τροφόν
that which nourishes,Pl.
Plt.289a.4 τροφός, ἡ, name of a plaster, Orib.Fr.99.II [voice] Pass., nursling, τροφοί· ἀντὶ τοῦ θρέμματα (Meineke τροφαί), Hsch.
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