ἐκτρέφω
ektrepho
bring up from childhood, rear up
Appears 42 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐκτρέφω, A. bring up from childhood, rear up, 1.122, Ch. 750, etc.; ἐξέφυσε κἀξέθρεψέ με OT 827; ἐκτεθραμμένοι σκύμνοι λεόντων true-bred . ., Supp. 1222; of plants, τὸ ἐκτρέφον τὴν ῥίζαν 1.193; ἐκτρέφει ἡ γῆ τὸ σπέρμα Oec. 17.10; ποταμοῦ πνεῦμα τραχύτερον ἐκθρέψαντος 2.357d:—Med., rear up for oneself, τινά h.Cer. 166; ἤνεγκα κἀξέσωσα κἀξεθρεψάμην, says the παιδαγωγός, El. 13, cf. Fr. 387, Lg. 929a:—Pass., εἴ σοί τις υἱός ἐστιν ἐκτεθραμμένος Nu. 796; ἐγένου τε καὶ ἐξετράφης Cri. 50e, cf. 19.8. II. Med., of pregnant animals, nourish, [ζῷα] μεγάλα ἐντὸς ἐκθρέψωνται Ti. 91d:—Act., bring to birth, τὰ κυήματα GA 773a34.
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