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θρέπτρα

Irregular declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: θρέπτρα

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

the returns made by children to their parents for their rearing

Examples

ἢ τάδε θρέπτρα τίνεισ, ὅτι θῆκά σε, δύσμορε, πάσησ ᾠοτόκου κραίνειν ἐν μεγάροισ ἀγέλησ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2863)
οὐδὲ τοκεῦσι θρέπτρα φίλοισ ἀπέδωκε, μινυνθάδιοσ δέ οἱ αἰὼν ἔπλεθ’ ὑπ’ Αἰάντοσ μεγαθύμου δουρὶ δαμέντι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 4 48:3)
ὃ δ’ ἄγχ’ αὐτοῖο πέσε πρηνὴσ ἐπὶ νεκρῷ τῆλ’ ἀπὸ Λαρίσησ ἐριβώλακοσ, οὐδὲ τοκεῦσι θρέπτρα φίλοισ ἀπέδωκε, μινυνθάδιοσ δέ οἱ αἰὼν ἔπλεθ’ ὑπ’ Αἰάντοσ μεγαθύμου δουρὶ δαμέντι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 29:6)

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

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