ἐκτρέφω

ektrepho

bring up from childhood, rear up

Appears 14 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 5
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Book VI 1
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776b2
Book VIII 1
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848b5
Book XI 1
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929a7
Book XII 2
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958c7
958c8
Crito 4
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45d1
50e2
51c9
54a2
Gorgias 1
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471c3
Hipparchus 1
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225b6
Republic 1
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Book VII 1
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538c7
Symposium 1
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207b5
Timaeus 1
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91d4

Dictionary (LSJ)

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

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