τρέφω , aor. 1 ἔθρεψα, aor. 2 ἔτραφον,
ἔτραφ̓ (τράφ̓), du. ἐτραφέτην, inf. τραφέμεν, perf. τέτροφε, mid.
aor. 1 opt. θρέψαιο, pass. aor. 2, 3 pl.,
τράφεν: trans., make big
or thick, make to grow by feeding, nourish,
bring up, rear, tend; of curdling milk, Od. 9.246; among the trans. forms the aor.
1 mid. (causative) is to be included, Od.
19.368; said of plants, Il.
17.53; so fig., υ?λη τρέφει ἄγρια,
χθὼν φάρμακα, Il.
11.741.—Intrans. (pass., with aor. 2 and perf. act.),
thicken, congeal, grow big, wax, grow up;
περὶ χροὶ τέτροφεν ἅλμη,
‘encrusted,’ Od.
23.237
; τράφεν ἠδ᾽ ἐγένοντο, were born and
bred, Il.
1.251.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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