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τροφ-ή , , (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.; “ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀναγκαία τ.Th.1.2; the means of maintaining an army, provisions, forage,τροφὴν παρέχεινId.8.57, cf. 6.93: pl., OGI56.70 (Canopus, iii B. C.), etc.
3. that which provides or procures sustenance, as the bow of Philoctetes, “χερὶ πάλλων τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου τροφάνS.Ph.1126 (lyr.).
2. education, E.Hec.599 (pl.); “τ. τε καὶ παιδείαPl.Alc.1.122b, cf. Arist. EN1179b34, 1180a26, al.
3. rearing or keeping of animals, Hdt. 2.65; “τροφαῖς ἵππωνPi.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 τροφαίPTeb. 5.70, cf. 62.19, al. (ii B. C.), PPetr.3p.221 (iii B. C.), etc.
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