τρέφω
I. "to thicken or congeal" a liquid, γάλα θρέψαι "to curdle" it. Od.; τυρὸν τρέφειν Theocr.:—Pass., with intr. perf. act. τέτροφα, "to become firm", περὶ χροῒ τέτροφεν ἄλκη Od.
II. "to make to grow or increase, to bring up, breed, rear", Hom., etc.; c. acc. cogn., τρ. τινὰ τροφήν τινα "to bring up" in a certain way, Hdt.:—Mid. "to rear for oneself", Od., etc.:—Pass. "to reared, grow up", Hom.; κάρτιστοι τράφεν ἄνδρες "grew up" the strongest men, Il.; ἐξ ὅτου 'τράφην ἐγώ from the time when I "left the nursery", Ar.; μιᾶς τρέφει πρὸς νυκτός, i. e. art a child of night, Soph.
2. of slaves, horses, dogs and the like, "to rear and keep" them, Hom., etc.; τρ. παιδαγωγούς Aeschin.; τρ. γυναῖκα Eur.;—metaph., αἰγιαλὸν ἔνδον τρέφει "he keeps" quite a sea-beach in the house, Ar.:—Pass. "to bred, reared", Soph.
3. "to let grow, cherish, foster", χαίτην τρέφε Il.; τρ. ὑπήνην Ar.; τρ. κόμην ῀ κομᾶν, Hdt.;—also, τάδ᾽ ὕεσσι τρέφει ἀλοιφήν this is what "puts" fat "on" swine, Od.
4. of earth and sea, "to produce, teem with", χθὼν τρέφει φάρμακα id=Od.; θάλασσα τρέφουσα πορφύραν Aesch.
5. "to have within oneself, to contain, keep, have", ὅ τι πόλις τέτροφεν ἄφιλον Soph.; τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν "to keep" his tongue more quiet, id=Soph.; νόσον τρ. id=Soph.; οἵας λατρείας τρέφει what services "she constantly performs", id=Soph.
III. "maintain, support", τρ. Ἥλιος χθονὸς φύσιν Aesch.; τρ. τὸν πατέρα Aeschin.: esp. "to maintain" an army or navy, Thuc., Xen.
IV. aor2 act. in intr. sense, ἔτραφον = pass. ἐτράφην, ὃς ἔτραφ᾽ ἄριστος Il.; τραφέμεν (ionic for τραφεῖν) Hom.
2. so perf. τέτροφα, v. supr. I.