τροφή

From τρέφω (tréphō, “to maintain, support”) +‎ -η (-ē, action noun suffix).^[1]

τροφή • (trophḗ) f (genitive τροφῆς); first declension

1. nourishment, food
   1. that which provides or procures sustenance
   2. a meal
2. nurture, rearing, upbringing
   1. education
   2. rearing or keeping of animals
3. a place in which animals are reared

• “τροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τροφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• τροφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G5160 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aliment idem, page 22.
  • board idem, page 86.
  • bread idem, page 94.
  • breed idem, page 97.
  • breeding idem, page 97.
  • bringing up idem, page 100.
  • commissariat idem, page 148.
  • diet idem, page 222.
  • education idem, page 262.
  • entertainment idem, page 277.
  • fare idem, page 307.
  • fodder idem, page 331.
  • food idem, page 333.
  • forage idem, page 334.
  • keep idem, page 467.
  • maintenance idem, page 508.
  • meal idem, page 519.
  • meat idem, page 521.
  • nourishment idem, page 562.
  • nurture idem, page 563.
  • nutriment idem, page 563.
  • pabulum idem, page 587.
  • provender idem, page 654.
  • provision idem, page 654.
  • ration idem, page 673.
  • rearing idem, page 676.
  • refection idem, page 684.
  • refreshment idem, page 685.
  • subsistence idem, page 832.
  • supplies idem, page 840.
  • support idem, page 841.
  • sustenance idem, page 846.
  • viands idem, page 950.
  • victuals idem, page 951.

Inherited from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ).

• IPA^(key): /tɾoˈfi/
• Hyphenation: τρο‧φή

τροφή • (trofí) f (plural τροφές)

1. food, nourishment

   Synonym: φαγητό n (fagitó) and less formal φαΐ n (faḯ)

• τροφικός (trofikós)

• and see: τρέφω (tréfo, “I feed”)

• τροφή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el