ἐκτρέφω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἐκτρέφω
ἐκθρέψω
Structure:
ἐκ
(Prefix)
+
τρέφ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to bring up from childhood, rear up, for oneself
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- τεκοῦσαν δὲ εἰ μὲν ἐθέλοισ ἐπαναλαβεῖν τὴν πρόσθεν ὠκύτητα, μὴ ἐᾶν ἐκτρέφειν αὐτὴν ὅτι μὴ ἐσ ὅσον ἀποκουφίσαι τὸ πολὺ τοῦ γάλακτοσ· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 30 1:1)
- ἐπεί σ’ ἄτεκνον ᾔσθετ’, οὐκ ἔστεργέ σοι ὅμοιοσ εἶναι τῆσ τύχησ τ’ ἴσον φέρειν, λαβὼν δὲ δοῦλα λέκτρα νυμφεύσασ λάθρα τὸν παῖδ’ ἔφυσεν, ἐξενωμένον δέ τῳ Δελφῶν δίδωσιν ἐκτρέφειν. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 2:5)
- οὖν κατὰ τὸν Ιἑρώνυμον ὥσπερ οἱ δειλοὶ καὶ γλίσχροι σκύλακεσ τὰ δέρματα δάκνοντεσ οἴκοι καὶ 15 τὰ τίλματα τίλλοντεσ τῶν θηρίων αὐτῶν οὐχ ἅπτονται τοὺσ δ’ ἀργοὺσ ἐκείνουσ παρακαλῶμεν, ὅταν τὰ κεφάλαια τῇ νοήσει περιλάβωσιν, αὐτοὺσ δι’ αὑτῶν τὰ λοιπὰ συντιθέναι, καὶ τῇ μνήμῃ χειραγωγεῖν τὴν εὑρ́εσιν, καὶ τὸν ἀλλότριον λόγον οἱο͂ν ἀρχὴν καὶ σπέρμα λαβόντασ ἐκτρέφειν καὶ αὔξειν. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 18 10:1)
- οὔτε γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ θερμοῦ ἐκκέκαυται λίην οὔτε ὑπὸ αὐχμῶν καὶ ἀνυδρίησ ἀναξηραίνεται, οὔτε ὑπὸ ψύχεοσ βεβιασμένη οὔτε νοτία τε καὶ διάβροχόσ ἐστιν ὑπό τε ὄμβρων πολλῶν καὶ χιόνοσ‧ τά τε ὡραῖα αὐτόθι πολλὰ εἰκὸσ γίνεσθαι, ὁκόσα τε ἀπὸ σπερμάτων καὶ ὁκόσα αὐτὴ ἡ γῆ ἀναδιδοῖ φυτά, ὧν τοῖσ καρποῖσι χρέονται ἄνθρωποι, ἡμεροῦντεσ ἐξ ἀγρίων καὶ ἐσ ἐπιτήδειον μεταφυτεύοντεσ‧ τά τε ἐντρεφόμενα κτήνεα εὐθηνεῖν εἰκόσ, καὶ μάλιστα τίκτειν τε πυκνότατα καὶ ἐκτρέφειν κάλλιστα‧ τούσ τε ἀνθρώπουσ εὐτραφέασ εἶναι καὶ τὰ εἴδεα καλλίστουσ καὶ μεγέθει μεγίστουσ καὶ ἥκιστα διαφόρουσ ἐσ τά τε εἴδεα αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ μεγέθεα‧ εἰκόσ τε τὴν χώρην ταύτην τοῦ ἦροσ ἐγγύτατα εἶναι κατὰ τὴν φύσιν καὶ τὴν μετρι ότητα τῶν ὡρέων. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xii.9)
- ἂν μέντοι ἐκτρέφειν ἐᾷσ τὴν γῆν διὰ τέλουσ τὸ σπέρμα εἰσ καρπόν, χαλεπὸν τῇ ἀσθενεῖ γῇ ἐσ τέλοσ πολὺν καρπὸν ἐκφέρειν. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 17 11:4)
Synonyms
-
to bring up from childhood
Derived
- ἀνατρέφω (to feed up, nurse up, educate)
- διατρέφω (to sustain continually)
- ἐντρέφω (to bring up in, to be reared in)
- ἐπιτρέφω (to rear upon, to support, maintain)
- παρατρέφω (to feed beside, to feed at another's expense)
- προστρέφω (to bring up in)
- συνεκτρέφω (to rear up along with or together, to grow up with)
- συντρέφω (to feed together or besides, to grow up together, with)
- τρέφω (to thicken, congeal, curdle)
- ὑποτρέφω (to bring up secretly, to cherish secretly, to grow up in succession)