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πορτιτρόφος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: portitrophos

Principal Part: πορτιτρόφος πορτιτρόφον

Structure: πορτιτροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: τρέφω

Sense

  1. nourishing calves

Examples

  • πάντη γάρ τοι, Φοῖβε, νόμοι βεβλήατ ἀοιδῆς, ἠμὲν ἀν ἤπειρον πορτιτρόφον ἠδ ἀνὰ νήσους: (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , part 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. nourishing calves

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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