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τρόφις, well-fed, stout, large

τρόφ-ις, ὁ, ἡ, τρόφι, τό, gen. ιος, (τρέφω)
  • well-fed, stout, large, τ. κῦμα κυλίνδεται a huge, swollen wave, Il. 11.307 (cf. τροφόεις); of men, ἐπεὰν γένωνται τρόφιες [οἱ παῖδες] when the children grow big, Hdt. 4.9.
    • II nursling, Lyc. 264; τρόφις Ἐννοσιγαίου nursling of the earth-shaker, epith. of the dolphin, Opp. H. 2.634 (v.l. τρόχις).

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