The corpus record

τῐθην-έω

titheneo

take care of, tend, nurse

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What it meant

τῐθην-έω · tithēn-eō — LSJ

take care of, tend, nurse

take care of, tend, nurse, LXX Si. 30.9, BGU 859.4 (ii A.D.), Orph. H. 63.15:—Pass., Hp. Art. 60.

II nurse, suckle, tend as nurse

elsewh. in Med. (aor. ἐτιθήνατο, as if fr. τιθαίνομαι, Luc. Trag. 94), nurse, suckle, Thgn. 1231, Men. Sam. 32; tend as nurse, παῖδα νεογνόν h.Cer. 142, cf. X. Cyr. 8.5.19.

2 tend, foster

tend, foster, οὗ πότνιαι σεμνὰ τιθηνοῦνται τέλη θνατοῖσιν S. OC 1050 (lyr.), cf. Simon. 148, 172.

Where it came from

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