τιθηνέω

A. take care of, tend, nurse, LXX Si. 30.9, BGU 859.4 (ii A.D.), Orph. H. 63.15:—Pass., Hp. Art. 60.

II. elsewh. in Med. (aor. ἐτιθήνατο, as if fr. τιθαίνομαι, Luc. Trag. 94), nurse, suckle, Thgn. 1231, Men. Sam. 32; tend as nurse, παῖδα νεογνόν h.Cer. 142, cf. X. Cyr. 8.5.19.

2. tend, fosler, οὗ πότνιαι σεμνὰ τιθηνοῦνται τέλη θνατοῖσιν S. OC 1050 (lyr.), cf. Simon. 148,172.