τροφή τροφή, ἡ, τρέφω nourishment, food, victuals, Hdt., Soph., etc.; ἡ καθʼ ἡμέραν τρ. oneʼs daily bread, Thuc.; τροφὴν παρέχειν to furnish provisions, forage, Thuc. βίου τροφή or τροφαί a way of life, livelihood, living, Soph.; so, τροφή alone, δουλίαν ἕξειν τροφήν Soph.; then, simply, a mode of life, life, Plat. that which provides sustenance, as the bow of Philoctetes, Soph. nurture, rearing, bringing up, Hdt., Trag.; in pl., ἐν τροφαῖσιν while in the nursery, Aesch., etc. education, Eur., etc. sometimes, in Poets, a brood, νέα τροφή, of young people, Soph.; ἀρνῶν τροφαί, i. e. young lambs, Eur.