τροφός,ὁandἡ, (τρέφω)
A. feeder, rearer,
Hom. only in Od. and always fem. of anurse,
φίλη τ. Εὐρύκλεια
2.361
, al., cf. Hdt. 2.156 , 6.61 , LXX Ge. 35.8 , PCair.Zen. 292.157
(iii B. C.), Glotta 16.274 (Egypt), Sor. 1.105 , al., Gal. 6.36 , etc.; ἡ τ. βασιλέως
Sammelb. 4980
(i B. C.); of a mother, S. Aj. 849 .—The masc. was usu.τροφεύς(q. v.); butτροφόςas masc. occurs in E. HF 45 , El. 409 , Pl. Plt. 268a , 268c .
2. metaph., of a city, Συράκοσαι, ἀνδρῶν ἵππων τε δαιμόνιαι τροφοί
Pi. P. 2.2
; Γῇ τε μητρί, φιλτάτῃ τροφῷ
A. Th. 16
; αἵματ' ἐκποθένθ' ὑπὸ χθονὸς τροφοῦ
Id. Ch. 66