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θρεπτήριος

θρεπτήριος, able to feed

θρεπ-τήριος, ον,
  • feeding, nourishing, μαστός A. Ch. 545.
    • II πλόκαμος Ἰνάχῳ θ. hair dedicated as a thank-offering to Inachus, ib. 6.
    • III Subst. θρεπτήριον, τό, = θρεπτάριον, PLond. 5.1708.248 (vi A.D.).
      • 2 pl., θρεπτήρια, τά, reward for rearing, made to nurses by parents, h.Cer. 168, 223; also, return made by children for their rearing (Att. τροφεῖα), Hes. Op. 188, Ael. VH 2.7.
        • b nourishment, τὰ . . νηδύος θ. S. OC 1263.

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