τροφός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρέφω (tréphō, to nourish) +‎ -ός (-ós).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τροφός (trophósf (genitive τροφοῦ); second declension

  1. nurse (person who takes care of other people's young)
  2. wet nurse

Declension

Further reading

  • τροφός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • τροφός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • τροφός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • τροφός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • τροφός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.