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.
- ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ὀρνέων τῶν πετεινῶν κατὰ γένοσ, καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν κατὰ γένοσ καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἑρπόντων ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ κατὰ γένοσ αὐτῶν, δύο δύο ἀπὸ πάντων εἰσελεύσονται πρὸσ σὲ τρέφεσθαι μετὰ σοῦ, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:20)
- ἤδη δὲ πώγωνοσ ὁ Ἀλέξανδροσ πιμπλάμενοσ καὶ τοῦ Τυανέωσ ἐκείνου ἀποθανόντοσ ἐν ἀπορίᾳ καθεστώσ, ἀπηνθηκυίασ ἅμα τῆσ ὡρ́ασ, ἀφ’ ἧσ τρέφεσθαι ἐδύνατο, οὐκέτι μικρὸν οὐδὲν ἐπενόει, ἀλλὰ κοινωνήσασ Βυζαντίῳ τινὶ χορογράφῳ τῶν καθιέντων εἰσ τοὺσ ἀγῶνασ, πολὺ καταρατοτέρῳ τὴν φύσιν ‐ Κοκκωνᾶσ δέ, οἶμαι, ἐπεκαλεῖτο ‐ περιῄεσαν γοητεύοντεσ καὶ μαγγανεύοντεσ καὶ τοὺσ παχεῖσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ‐ οὕτωσ γὰρ αὐτοὶ τῇ πατρίῳ τῶν μάγων φωνῇ τοὺσ πολλοὺσ ὀνομάζουσιν ‐ ἀποκείροντεσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 6:1)
- ἐνταῦθα ἰδόντεσ δράκοντασ παμμεγέθεισ, ἡμέρουσ πάνυ καὶ τιθασούσ, ὡσ καὶ ὑπὸ γυναικῶν τρέφεσθαι καὶ παιδίοισ συγκαθεύδειν καὶ πατουμένουσ ἀνέχεσθαι καὶ θλιβομένουσ μὴ ἀγανακτεῖν καὶ γάλα πίνειν ἀπὸ θηλῆσ κατὰ ταὐτὰ τοῖσ βρέφεσι ‐ πολλοὶ δὲ γίγνονται παρ’ αὐτοῖσ τοιοῦτοι, ὅθεν καὶ τὸν περὶ τῆσ Ὀλυμπιάδοσ μῦθον διαφοιτῆσαι πάλαι εἰκόσ, ὁπότε ἐκύει τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον, δράκοντόσ τινοσ, οἶμαι, τοιούτου συγκαθεύδοντοσ αὐτῇ ‐ ὠνοῦνται τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἓν κάλλιστον ὀλίγων ὀβολῶν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 7:1)
- αὐτὸσ δὲ τὴν ὡρ́αν οὐ παντάπασιν ἀδόκιμοσ εἶναι δόξασ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐπὶ ψιλῷ τῷ τρέφεσθαι συνῆν τινι κακοδαίμονι καὶ γλίσχρῳ ἐραστῇ. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:81)
- ἐκεῖνο, ὦ Τιμόκλεισ, ὃ πάλαι ἐγὼ ἐπόθουν ἀκοῦσαί σου, ὅπωσ ἐπείσθησ οἰέσθαι προνοεῖν τοὺσ θεοὺσ ἡ τάξισ με πρῶτον τῶν γινομένων ἔπεισεν, ὁ ἥλιοσ ἀεὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἰὼν καὶ σελήνη κατὰ ταὐτὰ καὶ ὡρ͂αι τρεπόμεναι καὶ φυτὰ φυόμενα καὶ ζῷα γεννώμενα καὶ αὐτὰ ταῦτα οὕτωσ εὐμηχάνωσ κατεσκευασμένα ὡσ τρέφεσθαι καὶ κινεῖσθαι καὶ ἐννοεῖν καὶ βαδίζειν καὶ τεκταίνεσθαι καὶ σκυτοτομεῖν καὶ τἆλλα· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 38:2)
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)
