II. Hom. uses τραφερή (sc. γῆ), ἡ, as Subst., dry land, “ἐπὶ τραφερήν τε καὶ ὑγρήν” Il.14.308, Od.20.98, h.Cer.43:—in later Poets as Adj., “νομὸς τ.” Arat. 1027; “κέλευθος ὑγρή τε τ. τε” A.R.2.545; “τ. ἄρουρα” Opp.H.1.204; ἤθεα τ. tracts of dry land, ib.5.334. (In this sense it is from τρέφω (A) 1, make thick.)
τρα^φερός , ά, όν, (τρέφω)