τροφεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τρέφω (tréphō, “foster”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, suffix for masculine person concerned)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τροφεύς • (tropheús) m (genitive τροφέως); third declension

  1. foster-father, guardian
    • Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.5.1:
      Παρὰ τοῦ τροφέως τὸ μήτε Πρασιανὸς μήτε Βενετιανὸς μήτε Παλμουλάριος ἢ Σκουτάριος γενέσθαι: καὶ τὸ φερέπονον καὶ ὀλιγοδεές: καὶ τὸ αὐτουργικὸν καὶ ἀπολύπραγμον: καὶ τὸ δυσπρόσδεκτον διαβολῆς.
      Parà toû trophéōs tò mḗte Prasianòs mḗte Benetianòs mḗte Palmoulários ḕ Skoutários genésthai: kaì tò pheréponon kaì oligodeés: kaì tò autourgikòn kaì apolúpragmon: kaì tò dusprósdekton diabolês.
      • Translation by George Long
        From my governor, to be neither of the green nor of the blue party at the games in the Circus, nor a partizan either of the Parmularius or the Scutarius at the gladiators' fights; from him too I learned endurance of labour, and to want little, and to work with my own hands, and not to meddle with other people's affairs, and not to be ready to listen to slander.
  2. breeder of animals
  3. one who feeds or rears, that which feeds or rears

Declension
Third declension of ὁ τροφεύς; τοῦ τροφέως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τροφεύς
ho tropheús		 τὼ τροφῆ
tṑ trophê		 οἱ τροφῆς / τροφεῖς
hoi trophês / tropheîs
Genitive τοῦ τροφέως
toû trophéōs		 τοῖν τροφέοιν
toîn trophéoin		 τῶν τροφέων
tôn trophéōn
Dative τῷ τροφεῖ
tôi tropheî		 τοῖν τροφέοιν
toîn trophéoin		 τοῖς τροφεῦσῐ / τροφεῦσῐν
toîs tropheûsi(n)
Accusative τὸν τροφέᾱ
tòn trophéā		 τὼ τροφῆ
tṑ trophê		 τοὺς τροφέᾱς
toùs trophéās
Vocative τροφεῦ
tropheû		 τροφῆ
trophê		 τροφῆς / τροφεῖς
trophês / tropheîs
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: τροφέας (troféas)
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