τροφή
Alt. τροφή, ἡ,
Etym. τρέφω
I. "nourishment, food, victuals", Hdt., Soph., etc.; ἡ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν τρ. one's daily "bread", Thuc.; τροφὴν παρέχειν to furnish "provisions, forage", id=Thuc.
2. βίου τροφή or τροφαί "a way" of life, "livelihood, living", Soph.; so, τροφή alone, δουλίαν ἕξειν τροφήν id=Soph.; then, simply, "a mode of life, life", Plat.
3. "that which provides sustenance", as the bow of Philoctetes, Soph.
II. "nurture, rearing, bringing up", Hdt., Trag.; in pl., ἐν τροφαῖσιν "while in the nursery", Aesch., etc.
2. "education", Eur., etc.
III. sometimes, in Poets, "a brood", νέα τροφή, of young people, Soph.; ἀρνῶν τροφαί, i. e. young lambs, Eur.