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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

  • "αἱ δὲ βάλανοι καλούμεναι ἀπὸ τῆσ πρὸσ τὰσ δρυίνασ ὁμοιότητοσ διαφέρουσι κατὰ τοὺσ τόπουσ, αἱ μὲν γὰρ Αἰγύπτιαι γλυκεῖαι, ἁπαλαί, εὔστομοι, θρεπτικαί, πολύχυλοι, οὐρητικαί, εὐκοίλιοι, αἱ δὲ ἄλλαι ἁλυκώτεραι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 40 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. able to feed or rear

  2. of or promoting growth

  3. causing to heal up

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