brephotropheum Save Lewis & Short Georges brĕphŏtrŏphēum or -īum, n., = βρεφοτροφεῖον, a foundling hospital, Cod. Just. 1, 2, 19. brephotrophēum, ī, n. (βρεφοτροφεῖον), das Findelhaus, Cod. Iust. 1, 2, 19.