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θρεπτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θρεπτικός

Structure: θρεπτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. able to feed or rear, nourishing
  2. of or promoting growth
  3. causing to heal up

Examples

  • ἔστι δὲ ὁ ἐλευθέριοσ καὶ περὶ ἐσθῆτα καθαρὸσ καὶ περὶ οἴκησιν, καὶ κατασκευαστικὸσ τῶν περιττῶν καὶ καλῶν καὶ διαγωγὴν ἐχόντων ἡδεῖαν ἄνευ τοῦ λυσιτελοῦντοσ, καὶ θρεπτικὸσ τῶν ζῴων τῶν ἴδιον ἐχόντων τι ἢ θαυμαστόν. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 24:2)
  • "ἱκανῶσ δὲ θρεπτικὸσ καὶ εὐστόμαχοσ μέσωσ διαχωρητικόσ τε καὶ πνευματώδησ, δύσπεπτοσ, οὐρητικὸσ ἱκανῶσ, διεγερτικὸσ πρὸσ ἀφροδίσια· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 122)

Synonyms

  1. able to feed or rear

  2. of or promoting growth

  3. causing to heal up

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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