Τρέφω

I nourish

Translated by David Whitehead26 May 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

18 words

and [sc. with the same meaning] I possess. 'For I nourish the truth strong'. Meaning I possess [it].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τρέφω καὶ τὸ ἔχω. τἀληθὲς γὰρ ἰσχύον τρέφω. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔχω.

Betacode

*tre/fw kai\ to\ e)/xw. ta)lhqe\s ga\r i)sxu/on tre/fw. a)nti\ tou= e)/xw.

Notes

Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 356, web address 1: see under tau 51.
For this verb see already tau 927.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

Neighbouring entries

τ927ΤρέφωI nourish, I raise, I sustain τ928Τρέφεσθαιto be bred τ929ΤρέφωI nourish τ930Τροφήnourishment τ931Τρέχειν τὴν ἐσχάτηνto run the final

Revision history3 revisions · last 29 May 2016

29 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
22 Mar 2010another x-ref; another keyword — David Whitehead
20 Sep 2004added link, set status — Catharine Roth
26 May 2004Translated — David Whitehead