σύντροφος
Alt. σύντροφος, ον,
Etym. συντρέφω
I. "brought up together with" another, c. dat., Hdt., Ar.:—often of domestic animals, Hdt., Xen.:—absol., τὸ ς. γένος the people "bred up with" me, Soph.
2. generally, "living with", id=Soph.; ς. ὄμμα the eye or presence "of a companion", id=Soph.; ς. ὢν (sc. ἀνάγκαις) being "born to" difficulties, Eur.
3. of things, "having grown up with one, congenital, natural", Soph.; τὰ ξύντροφα "every-day" evils, Thuc.:— ς. τινι "natural or habitual to", τῇ Ἑλλάδι πενίη σύντροφος Hdt.
II. act. "a helping in the preservation", τινος "of" a thing, Xen.