The corpus record

θρεπ-τέος

threpteos

to be fed, nurtured

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Where it lives

Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

θρεπ-τέος · threp-teos — LSJ

to be fed, nurtured

to be fed, nurtured, metaph., γυμναστικῇ Pl. R. 403c.

II one must feed, keep

θρεπτέον one must feed, keep, Id. Ti. 19a, X. Lac. 9.5.

2 one must live

(from Pass.) ἢ ἐργαστέον ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰργασμένων θρεπτέον one must live on what has been earned, Id. Eq.Mag. 8.8.

In the wild

θρεπτέοι · threpteoi Plato, Republic 3.403 (DIORISIS sentence 1833)
θρεπτέον · threpteon Plato, Timaeus 19 (DIORISIS sentence 32)
θρεπτέον · threpteon Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 9.5 (DIORISIS sentence 141)
θρεπτέον · threpteon Xenophon, On the Cavalry Commander 8.8 (DIORISIS sentence 243)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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