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διατρέφω

diatrepho

breed up, support

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Where it lives

Ruth 1 · 5.21/10k
Ways and Means 1 · 2.62/10k
Regnorum II 3 · 1.85/10k
Archidamus 1 · 1.63/10k
Regnorum III 3 · 1.57/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Genesis 3 · 1/10k
Panegyricus 1 · 0.93/10k
Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
Memorabilia 3 · 0.84/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διατρέφω · diatrephō — LSJ

breed up, support, keep, nourished, to be sustained continually, to be maintained

breed up, support, dub.l. in Arar. 16; τὸ τέχνιον ἡμᾶς -θρέψει D.C. l.c.; τινὰ ἀπό τινος X. Mem. 2.7.6; δ. σπουδαίως keep patient well nourished, Aët. 16.36:—Pass., to be sustained continually, Th. 4.39; to be maintained, BGU 1024vii 14 (iv A.D.), etc.

In the wild

διατρέφεσθαι · diatrephesthai Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..16 (DIORISIS sentence 196)
διετράφησαν · dietraphēsan Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Concl.248 (DIORISIS sentence 868)
διατρέφεσθαι · diatrephesthai Epictetus, Discourses 3.26 (DIORISIS sentence 5605)
διατρέφειν · diatrephein Isocrates, Archidamus 78 (DIORISIS sentence 154)
διέθρεψαν · diethrepsan Isocrates, Panegyricus 153 (DIORISIS sentence 266)
διέθρεψας · diethrepsas Septuaginta, Esdras II 19

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Where it came from

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