τροφός, ὁ and ἡ, (τρέφω)
feeder, rearer, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] and always
feminine of a
nurse, φίλη τ. Εὐρύκλεια [
LXX+5th c.BC+]; of a mother, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —The _masculine_ was usually τροφεύς (which see); but τροφός as
masculine occurs in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
metaphorically, of a city, Συράκοσαι, ἀνδρῶν ἵππων τε δαιμόνιαι τροφοί [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Miletus, τ. τοῦ. Ἀπόλλωνος [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
3) in
neuter, τὸ τροφόν
that which nourishes, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4) τροφός, ἡ, name of a plaster, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
II)
passive,
nursling, τροφοί· ἀντὶ τοῦ θρέμματα (Meineke τροφαί), [
Refs 5th c.AD+]