τρόφ-ῐμος, ον,
also ος, η, ον, see infr.:— nourishing, nutritious, γάλα -ώτατον [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 523a11, cf. “Pr.” 927a22 (_comparative_), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 27, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.94, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.382] Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἄτροφος, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.4.5: with _genitive_, γᾶ τρόφιμε τῶν ἐμῶν τέκνων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1302 (Lyric poetry), cf. “Ion” 235 (Lyric poetry); also ὕδωρ τὸ περὶ κηπείας τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 845d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. κλυστῆρες nutritive enemata, Lycusap. [[ 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.34t it. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II substantive τρόφιμος, ὁ, a slave's young master, ὁ τ. σου [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Epit.fragment” 1, cf. “Epit.” 160, “Pk.” 74, +others, “Comica Adespota” 24.20, 25.41 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; rendered erilis filius by Ter.[[ “Andr.” 602, “Eun.” 289, “Phorm.” 39, see 4th c.AD: Donatus, Aelius Grammaticus Latinus ad locc.: _metaphorically_, ἡ βουλὴ τὸν ἑαυτῆς τ. καὶ εὐεργέτην “SIG” 879.10 (Erythrae, 3rd c.AD): ἡ τροφίμη ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]the mistress, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.73. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 neuter τρόφιμον, τό, maintenance, sustenance, [[ “BGU” 297.21 (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τ. δουλικόν [[ “PMich.Teb.” 121vi18, +others (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]: esp. food-supply of Alexandria, [[ 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Edict.” 13.26, “PKlein.Form.” 328.4 (6th c.AD,cf. “Arch.Papyrus” 5.294): τροφίμη σύνταξις] Refs 6th c.AD+] contract for board, [[ Anthologia Graeca 9.175 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]