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θρέμμα, a nursling, creature

θρέμμ-α, ατος, τό, (τρέφω)
  • nursling, creature, θ. Νηρεΐδων, of dolphins, Arion 1.9; mostly of tame animals, esp. sheep and goats, X. Ages. 9.6, Oec. 20.23, Plb. 2.26.5, Ev.Jo. 4.12, etc.; τὰ ἐν ταῖς ἀγέλαις θ. Pl. Plt. 261d; τὰ ἀγελαῖα θ. ib. 264a; ὑηνὰ θ. Id. Lg. 819d; of game-cocks and quails, ὀρνίθων θ. ib. 789b: generally, animals, τοῖς ἡμέροις καὶ ἀγρίοις . . θ. Id. Criti. 118b, al.
      • 2 of men, S. OT 1143, Ph. 243; Χαρίτων θ. Ar. Ec. 973; δύσκολον τὸ θ. ἄνθρωπος Pl. Lg. 777b, cf. Tht. 174b; esp. of domestic slaves, = Lat. verna, τὸ Χρυσίππου θ. GDI 12321.14 (Delph.), cf. CIG 3113 (Teos).
      • 3 generally, creature, ἄπλατον θ. κἀπροσήγορον, of a lion, S. Tr. 1093 (cf. Pl. Chrm. 155e); of Cerberus, S. Tr. 1099; κακὰ θ., of a swarm of gnats, AP 5.150 (Mel.); θ. Σελινοῦντος, of a fish, Archestr. Fr. 12; Καρύστου θ., comic for a cup made at Carystus, Antiph. 182.3; as a term of reproach, θρέμματʼ οὐκ ἀνασχετά A. Th. 182; ὦ θρέμμʼ ἀναιδές S. El. 622, cf. Ar. Lys. 369; in periphr., ὕδρας θ., for ὕδρα, S. Tr. 574; νεογενῆ παίδων θρέμματα Pl. Lg. 790d; θρέμματα παλλακῶν kept mistresses, Plu. Sol. 7. (Written θέρματα BGU 478.15 (ii A.D.)).

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