τροφός, ὁ
and ἡ, (τρέφω) feeder, rearer, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”] Refs 8th c.BC+] and always feminine of a nurse, φίλη τ. Εὐρύκλεια [[ 2.361, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.156, 6.61, LXX.Gen.35.8, “PCair.Zen.” 292.157 (3rd c.BC), “Glotta” 16.274 (from Egypt), 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.105, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.36, etc.; ἡ τ. βασιλέως “Sammelb.” 4980 (1st c.BC)] LXX+5th c.BC+]; of a mother, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 849.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —The _masculine_ was usually τροφεύς (which see); but τροφός as masculine occurs in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 45, “El.” 409, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 268a, 268c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, of a city, Συράκοσαι, ἀνδρῶν ἵππων τε δαιμόνιαι τροφοί [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.2; Γῇ τε μητρί, φιλτάτῃ τροφῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 16; αἵματ᾽ ἐκποθένθ᾽ ὑπὸ χθονὸς τροφοῦ [prev. author] “Ch.” 66 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1092 (Lyric poetry), “OC” 760; μήτηρ ἁπάντων γαῖα καὶ κοινὴ τ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 617; νὺξ ἄστρων τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 54; τὴν γεωργίαν τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν μητέρα καὶ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.17, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 267d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Miletus, τ. τοῦ.. Ἀπόλλωνος [[ “SIG” 906 A5 (4th c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__3 in neuter, τὸ τροφόν that which nourishes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 289a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]