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ὑποτρέφω

upotrepho

rear, nourish

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Where it lives

Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ὑποτρέφω · hypotrephō — LSJ

rear, nourish, cherish, nurse, foster, encourage, cherish, grow up in succession, grew

rear, nourish, σκύλακας D.H. 4.81; πώγωνας D.S. 3.63; ῥίζεα . . ὑποτέτροφε λίμνη Nic. Al. 589: metaph., cherish, nurse, τὴν χολήν Luc. Cal. 24; foster, encourage, παχὺν καὶ γλίσχρον ὑποθρέψει χυμόν Gal. Vict.Att. 6; ὑποθρέψαι πλῆθος χυμῶν Id. 1.302, cf. 6.239, al.:—Med., cherish, τόλμαν X. Cyr. 2.1.17:—Pass., grow up in succession, Pl. R. 560a; ὑ. τιμωρὸς ἐπὶ τοὺς τυράννους Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.595c; ὁ ἐκ Βερενίκης -όμενος Polyaen. 8.50, cf. Nic.Dam. 51 J.; θάμβος ὑπετρέφετο my wonder grew, Call. Ae

In the wild

ὑποτρεφόμεναι · hypotrephomenai Plato, Republic 8.560 (DIORISIS sentence 5069)
ὑποτρέφεσθαι · hypotrephesthai Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.1.17 (DIORISIS sentence 754)

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