τρᾰφερός,ά,όν, (τρέφω)
A. well-fed, fat, οἱ τραφεροίorτὰ τραφεράthefat ones,i. e. fishes, Theoc. 21.44 .
II.
Hom. usesτραφερή(sc.γῆ),ἡ, asSubst.,dry land,
ἐπὶ τραφερήν τε καὶ ὑγρήν
Il. 14.308
, Od. 20.98 , h.Cer. 43 :—in later Poets asAdj., νομὸς τ.
Arat. 1027
; κέλευθος ὑγρή τε τ. τε
A.R. 2.545
; τ. ἄρουρα
Opp. H. 1.204
;ἤθεα τ.tractsof dry land,ib. 5.334 . (In this sense it is fromτρέφω(A) 1 ,make thick.)