I.brought up together with another, c. dat., Hdt., Ar.:—often of domestic animals, Hdt., Xen.:—absol., τὸ ς. γένος the people bred up with me, Soph.
2.generally, living with, id=Soph.; ς. ὄμμα the eye or presence of a companion, id=Soph.; ς. ὢν (sc. ἀνάγκαις) being born to difficulties, Eur.
3.of things, having grown up with one, congenital, natural, Soph.; τὰ ξύντροφα every-day evils, Thuc.:— ς. τινι natural or habitual to, τῇ Ἑλλάδι πενίη σύντροφος Hdt.
II.act. a helping in the preservation, τινος of a thing, Xen.