The corpus record

θρεπ-τικός

threptikos

able to feed

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Where it lives

De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 6 · 32.64/10k
De Somno et Vigilia 3 · 10.09/10k
De Respiratione 5 · 8.23/10k
Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 5 · 6.4/10k
Statesman 3 · 1.77/10k
Eudemian Ethics 3 · 1.15/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 3 · 0.53/10k
Enneads 5 · 0.24/10k

What it meant — LSJ

able to feed, rear, nourishing

able to feed or rear, τινος Pl. Plt. 267b, cf. 276b, 276c; nourishing, -ώτερα μῆλα Diph.Siph. ap. Ath. 3.82f; -ώτατος οἶνος Mnesith.ib. 1.32d.

II of, promoting growth, the principle of growth

of or promoting growth, ἡ δύναμις τῆς ψυχῆς θ. καὶ γεννητική Arist. de An. 416a19; ἡ θ. ψυχή ib. 415a23; τὸ θ. the principle of growth, Id. EN 1102b11; ἡ θ. καὶ αὐξητικὴ ζωή ib. 1098a1; opp. φθαρτικός, Polystr. p.23 W. Adv. -κῶς Porph. Gaur. 1.1.

III causing to heal up

causing to heal up, ἑλκῶν Dsc. 1.43.

In the wild

θρεπτικόν · threptikon Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 10)
θρεπτικὴν · threptikēn Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 14)
θρεπτικῆς · threptikēs Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 23)
θρεπτικῆς · threptikēs Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 28)
θρεπτικὴν · threptikēn Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 4)
θρεπτικῆς · threptikēs Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 9)

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