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τραφερός

trapheros

well-fed, fat

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τρᾰφερός · trapheros — LSJ

well-fed, fat, fat ones

well-fed, fat, οἱ τραφεροί or τὰ τραφερά the fat ones, i. e. fishes, Theoc. 21.44.

II dry land, of dry land, make thick

Hom. uses τραφερή (sc. γῆ), ἡ, as Subst., dry land, ἐπὶ τραφερήν τε καὶ ὑγρήν Il. 14.308, Od. 20.98, h.Cer. 43:—in later Poets as Adj., νομὸς τ. Arat. 1027; κέλευθος ὑγρή τε τ. τε A.R. 2.545; τ. ἄρουρα Opp. H. 1.204; ἤθεα τ. tracts of dry land, ib. 5.334. (In this sense it is from τρέφω (A) 1, make thick.)

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