τροφή

A. nourishment, food, Hdt. 3.48, S. Ph. 32,953, Th. 1.5, Ev.Matt. 3.4, Gal. 6.35, Iamb. VP 3.16, etc.; ἡ καθ’ ἡμέραν ἀναγκαία τ. Th. 1.2; the means of maintaining an army, provisions, forage, τροφὴν παρέχειν Id. 8.57, cf. 6.93: pl., OGI 56.70 (Canopus, iii B. C.), etc.

2. βίου τροφαί way of life, livelihood, living, S. OC 338,446; τροφή alone, δουλίαν ἕξειν τροφήν Id. Aj. 499, cf. OC 362; φεῦ τῆς ἀνύμφου . . σῆς τροφῆς Id. El. 1183; τὰς ἐκ γῆς τ. ηὕρετο Pl. Prt. 322a: then, simply, mode of life, δίκην τίνουσαι τῆς προτέρας τ. Id. Phd. 81d, cf. 84b; βώμιοι τ. E. Ion 52.

3. that which provides or procures sustenance, as the bow of Philoctetes, χερὶ πάλλων τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου τροφάν S. Ph. 1126 (lyr.).

4. a meal, τροφαῖς τέτταρσιν ἐχρῶντο Philem.Gloss. ap. Ath. 1.11d.

II. nurture, rearing, παιδία . . τρέφειν . . τροφήν τινα τοιήνδε Hdt. 2.2, cf. 3; χάριν τροφᾶς ἀμείβων v.l. in A. Ag. 729 (lyr.); νέας τροφῆς στερηθείς S. Aj. 511; μητρὸς τ. E. Ion 1377: freq. in pl., ἐν τροφαῖσιν while in the nursery, opp. ἐφηβήσας, A. Th. 665; ἠνυτόμαν τροφαῖς Id. Ag. 1159 (lyr.); ὦ δυσάθλιαι τ. S. OC 330; αἱ ἐμαὶ τ. E. Tr. 1187; τ. δημόσιαι Arist. Rh. 1361a36; ἐκτίνων τροφάς, much like τροφεῖα, A. Th. 548; οἷς ὀδύνας ἀντὶ τροφῶν ἔλιπον IG 12(5).973 (Tenos).

2. education, E. Hec. 599 (pl.); τ. τε καὶ παιδεία Pl. Alc. 1.122b, cf. Arist. EN 1179b34, 1180a26, al.

3. rearing or keeping of animals, Hdt. 2.65; τροφαῖς ἵππων Pi. O. 4.16.

III. sts. in Poets for the concrete θρέμμα, brood, νέα τ. a new generation, S. OT 1, cf. A. Th. 786 (lyr.); of animals, ἀρνῶν τροφαί, i.e. young lambs, E. Cyc. 189.

IV. a place in which animals are reared, ἰβίων τροφαί PTeb. 5.70, cf. 62.19, al. (ii B. C.), PPetr. 3p.221 (iii B. C.), etc.