I.nourishment, food, victuals, Hdt., Soph., etc.; ἡ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν τρ. one's daily bread, Thuc.; τροφὴν παρέχειν to furnish provisions, forage, id=Thuc.
2.βίου τροφή or τροφαί a way of life, livelihood, living, Soph.; so, τροφή alone, δουλίαν ἕξειν τροφήν id=Soph.; then, simply, a mode of life, life, Plat.
3.that which provides sustenance, as the bow of Philoctetes, Soph.
II.nurture, rearing, bringing up, Hdt., Trag.; in pl., ἐν τροφαῖσιν while in the nursery, Aesch., etc.
2.education, Eur., etc.
