θρέμμ-α, ατος, τό,
(τρέφω) nursling, creature, θ. Νηρεΐδων, of dolphins, [[ 6th c.BC: Arion Lyricus 1.9 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; mostly of tame animals, especially sheep and goats, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 9.6, “Oec.” 20.23, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.26.5, NT.John.4.12, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐν ταῖς ἀγέλαις θ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 261d; τὰ ἀγελαῖα θ. [prev. work] 264a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑηνὰ θ. [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 819d ] Refs]; of game-cocks and quails, ὀρνίθων θ[[. [prev. work] 789b ] Refs]: generally, animals, τοῖς ἡμέροις καὶ ἀγρίοις.. θ. [[ [prev. author] “Criti.” 118b, +others ] Refs]
__2 of men, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1143, “Ph.” 243 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Χαρίτων θ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 973; δύσκολον τὸ θ. ἄνθρωπος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 777b, compare “Tht.” 174b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of domestic slaves,= Latin verna, τὸ Χρυσίππου θ. [[ “GDI” 12321.14 (Delph.), compare “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3113 (from Teos). ] Refs]
__3 generally, creature, ἄπλατον θ. κἀπροσήγορον, of a lion, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1093 (compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 155e) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Cerberus, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1099 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακὰ θ., of a swarm of gnats, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 5.150 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; θ. Σελινοῦντος, of a fish, [[ 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; Καρύστου θ., comic for a cup made at Carystus, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 182.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; as a term of reproach, θρέμματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 182; ὦ θρέμμ᾽ ἀναιδές 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 622, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 369 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in periphrastic, ὕδρας θ., for ὕδρα, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 574; νεογενῆ παίδων θρέμματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 790d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θρέμματα παλλακῶν kept mistresses, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 7. (Written θέρματα “BGU” 478.15 (2nd c.AD)). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]