The corpus record

θρεπ-τός

threptos

slave bred in the house

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Where it lives

Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k

What it meant — LSJ

slave bred in the house, adopted foundlings

slave bred in the house, Lys. Fr. 215 S., Pherecr. 125, LXX Es. 2.7, IPE 12.709 (Olbia, ii B.C.), POxy. 298.46 (i A.D.), etc.; οἱ θ. καὶ αἱ θ. Inscr.Cos 131; also of adopted foundlings, τὴν ἰδίαν θ. SIG 1210 (Calymna), Plin. Ep.ad Traj. 65, etc.

II pupil

pupil, Vett.Val. 157.29.

In the wild

θρεπτοῦ · threptou Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.36.1 (DIORISIS sentence 717)
θρεπτή · threptē Septuaginta, Esther 2

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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