τρόφ-ις,ὁ,ἡ , τρόφι,τό,gen.ιος, (τρέφω)
A. well-fed, stout, large, τ. κῦμα κυλίνδεταιahuge, swollenwave, Il. 11.307 (cf.τροφόεις); of men,ἐπεὰν γένωνται τρόφιες [οἱ παῖδες] when the children growbig,
Hdt. 4.9 .
II. nursling,
Lyc. 264 ;τρόφις Ἐννοσιγαίου nurslingof the earth-shaker, epith. of the dolphin, Opp. H. 2.634 ( v.l. τρόχις ).