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.
- ἢ τρέφει μὲν μάλιστα κρατούμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ τρεφομένου ̔ τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι πέψισ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 2 6:1)
- ἐν δὲ Συρίᾳ πρότερον Ἅγνων ἱστορεῖ, τρεφομένου κατ’ οἰκίαν ἐλέφαντοσ, τὸν ἐπιστάτην λαμβάνοντα κριθῶν μέτρον ὑφαιρεῖν καὶ χρεωκοπεῖν μέροσ ἣμισυ καθ’ ἡμέραν· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 12 5:2)
- τοῦ γὰρ ἐπιρρέοντοσ ἐν εἴδει τροφῆσ παντὶ μορίῳ τοῦ τρεφομένου σώματοσ προσπλαττομένου θρέψισ μὲν ἡ ἐνέργεια, θρεπτικὴ δὲ δύναμισ ἡ αἰτία. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 82)
- Ἱπποκράτησ μὲν γὰρ τὴν προτέραν Ῥηθεῖσαν ἐτράπετο, καθ’ ἣν ἥνωται μὲν ἡ οὐσία καὶ ἀλλοιοῦται καὶ σύμπνουν ὅλον ἐστὶ καὶ σύρρουν τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἡ φύσισ ἅπαντα τεχνικῶσ καὶ δικαίωσ πράττει δυνάμεισ ἔχουσα, καθ’ ἃσ ἕκαστον τῶν μορίων ἕλκει μὲν ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸ τὸν οἰκεῖον ἑαυτῷ χυμόν, ἕλξαν δὲ προσφύει τε παντὶ μέρει τῶν ἐν αὑτῷ καὶ τελέωσ ἐξομοιοῖ, τὸ δὲ μὴ κρατηθὲν ἐν τούτῳ μηδὲ τὴν παντελῆ δυνηθὲν ἀλλοίωσίν τε καὶ ὁμοιότητα τοῦ τρεφομένου καταδέξασθαι δι’ ἑτέρασ αὖ τινοσ ἐκκριτικῆσ δυνάμεωσ ἀποτρίβεται. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1216)
- καὶ τὴν πέψιν ἀλλοίωσίν τιν’ ὑπάρχειν καὶ μεταβολὴν τοῦ τρέφοντοσ εἰσ τὴν οἰκείαν τοῦ τρεφομένου ποιότητα, τὴν δ’ ἐξαιμάτωσιν ἀλλοίωσιν εἶναι καὶ τὴν θρέψιν ὡσαύτωσ καὶ τὴν αὔξησιν ἐκ τῆσ πάντη διατάσεωσ καὶ θρέψεωσ γίγνεσθαι, τὴν δ’ ἀλλοίωσιν ὑπὸ τοῦ θερμοῦ μάλιστα συντελεῖσθαι καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὴν πέψιν καὶ τὴν θρέψιν καὶ τὴν τῶν χυμῶν ἁπάντων γένεσιν, ἤδη δὲ καὶ τοῖσ περιττώμασι τὰσ ποιότητασ ὑπὸ τῆσ ἐμφύτου θερμασίασ ἐγγίγνεσθαι, ταῦτα σύμπαντα καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ ἕτερα πολλὰ τά τε τῶν προειρημένων δυνάμεων καὶ τὰ τῶν νοσημάτων τῆσ γενέσεωσ καὶ τὰ τῶν ἰαμάτων τῆσ εὑρέσεωσ Ἱπποκράτησ μὲν πρῶτοσ ἁπάντων ὧν ἴσμεν ὀρθῶσ εἶπεν, Ἀριστοτέλησ δὲ δεύτεροσ ὀρθῶσ ἐξηγήσατο. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 45)
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)
