The corpus record

γηροβοσκ-ός

geroboskos

nourishing

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Where it lives

Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Economics 2 · 1.12/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Republic 4 · 0.45/10k

What it meant — LSJ

nourishing, taking care of in old age, of such nurture

nourishing or taking care of in old age, esp. oneʼs parents, S. Aj. 570, Hyp. Fr. 233; γηροβοσκὸν οὐκ ἔχω . . παῖδα E. Supp. 923 (lyr.); γ. ἀποδιδόναι χάριτας D.H. 8.47; γ. ἐλπίδες hopes of such nurture, ib. 51: Subst., X. Oec. 7.12.

In the wild

γηροβοσκὼ · gēroboskō Euripides, Phoenissae *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 839)
γηροβοσκὸν · gēroboskon Euripides, Suppliants 920 (DIORISIS sentence 536)
γηροτρόφος · gērotrophos Plato, Republic 1.331 (DIORISIS sentence 94)
γηροτρόφος · gērotrophos Plato, Republic 1.331 (DIORISIS sentence 95)
γηροτρόφος · gērotrophos Plato, Republic 1.331 (DIORISIS sentence 115)
γηροτρόφον · gērotrophon Plato, Republic 8.569 (DIORISIS sentence 5294)

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Where it came from

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