τρέφω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
τρέφω
θρέψω
ἔθρεψα
τέτροφα
ἐθρέφθην
Structure:
τρέφ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to thicken, congeal, curdle
- to make to grow, to increase, bring up, breed, rear (especially of children)
- to maintain, support
- to bring up, rear, educate
Note
the passive sometimes came to mean little more than "to be"
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.
- καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ θρέψει ἄνθρωποσ δάμαλιν βοῶν καὶ δύο πρόβατα, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 7:21)
- μυριάδεσ μὲν γὰρ αἱ μάχιμοι τριάκοντα σὺν ὅπλοισ ἐχώρουν, ὄχλοι δὲ παίδων καὶ γυναικῶν ἐλέγοντο πολλῷ πλείουσ συμπεριάγεσθαι, γῆσ χρῄζοντεσ θρέψει τοσοῦτον πλῆθοσ, καὶ πόλεων ἐν αἷσ ἱδρυθέντεσ βιώσονται, καθάπερ πρὸ αὐτῶν ἐπυνθάνοντο Κελτοὺσ τῆσ Ἰταλίασ τὴν ἀρίστην κατασχεῖν Τυρρηνῶν ἀφελομένουσ. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 11 2:2)
- "ὥσπερ οὖν οἱ δουλεύσαντεσ, ὅταν ἐλευθερωθῶσιν, ἃ πάλαι τοῖσ δεσπόταισ ἔπραττον ὑπηρετοῦντεσ, ταῦτα πράττουσιν αὑτοῖσ καὶ δι’ αὑτούσ, οὕτωσ ἡ ψυχὴ νῦν μὲν τρέφει τὸ σῶμα πολλοῖσ πόνοισ καὶ ἀσχολίαισ, εἰ δ’ ἀπαλλαγείη τῆσ λατρείασ, αὑτὴν δήπουθεν ἐλευθέραν γενομένην θρέψει καὶ βιώσεται, εἰσ αὑτὴν ὁρῶσα καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν, οὐδενὸσ περισπῶντοσ οὐδ’ ἀπάγοντοσ. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 1626)
- τουτὶ γὰρ τὸ σμικρὸν ἀγγεῖον ἑαυτὸ μὲν θρέψει, τὸ παρακείμενον μέντοι νεῦρον ἐκεῖνο τὸ ἁπλοῦν ἢ τὴν ἀρτηρίαν οὐχ οἱο͂́ν τ’ ἔσται τρέφειν ἄνευ τοῦ σύμφυτόν τιν’ ὑπάρχειν αὐτοῖσ ὁλκὴν τῆσ τροφῆσ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 614)
- ὅθεν ἀπείκαζεν αὑτὸν ὁ Ἀντίγονοσ κυβευτῇ πολλὰ βάλλοντι καὶ καλά, χρῆσθαι δὲ οὐκ ἐπισταμένῳ τοῖσ πεσοῦσι, κομίσασ δὲ εἷσ Ἤπειρον ὀκτακισχιλίουσ πεζοὺσ καὶ πεντακοσίουσ ἱππεῖσ, χρήματα δὴ οὐκ ἔχων ἐζήτει πόλεμον ᾧ θρέψει τὸ στράτευμα, καὶ τινων Γαλατῶν αὐτῷ προσγενομένων ἐνέβαλεν εἷσ Μακεδονίαν Ἀντιγόνου τοῦ Δημητρίου βασιλεύοντοσ ὡσ ἁρπαγῇ καὶ λεηλασίᾳ χρησόμενοσ, ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ πόλεισ ἐλάμβανε συχνὰσ καὶ στρατιῶται δισχίλιοι μετέστησαν ὡσ αὐτόν, ἐλπίσασ τι πλέον ὡρ́μησεν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀντίγονον καὶ περὶ τὰ Στενὰ προσπεσὼν συνετάραξε τὴν στρατιὰν ἅπασαν, οἱ δὲ ἐπὶ τῆσ οὐραγίασ τοῦ Ἀντιγόνου τεταγμένοι Γαλάται, συχνοὶ τὸ πλῆθοσ ὄντεσ, ὑπέστησαν εὐρώστωσ· (Plutarch, chapter 26 2:1)
Synonyms
-
to make to grow
-
to maintain
-
to bring up
Derived
- ἀνατρέφω (to feed up, nurse up, educate)
- διατρέφω (to sustain continually)
- ἐκτρέφω (to bring up from childhood, rear up, for oneself)
- 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)
- ὑποτρέφω (to bring up secretly, to cherish secretly, to grow up in succession)
