ἐκτρέφω,
bring up from childhood, rear up, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 750, etc.; ἐξέφυσε κἀξέθρεψέ με 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 827 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκτεθραμμένοι σκύμνοι λεόντων true-bred.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1222 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of plants, τὸ ἐκτρέφον τὴν ῥίζαν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193; ἐκτρέφει ἡ γῆ τὸ σπέρμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.10; ποταμοῦ πνεῦμα τραχύτερον ἐκθρέψαντος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.357d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, rear up for oneself, τινά [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 166 ] Refs]; ἤνεγκα κἀξέσωσα κἀξεθρεψάμην, says the παιδαγωγός, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 13, compare “fragment” 387, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, εἴ σοί τις υἱός ἐστιν ἐκτεθραμμένος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 796; ἐγένου τε καὶ ἐξετράφης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 50e, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II middle, of pregnant animals, nourish, [ζῷα] μεγάλα ἐντὸς ἐκθρέψωνται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—active, bring to birth, τὰ κυήματα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 773a34. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]