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τροφή· παρὰ τὸ τρέφω, τὸ πήσσω· ἡ πηγνύουσα καὶ εὐσταθῆ ποιοῦσα τὰ σώματα
Translation (En)
Trophē "nourishment, food": from trephō "to thicken", the thickening one, which makes bodies robust
Parallels
Herodian, De prosodia catholica, Lentz III/1, p. 307 (τὰ γὰρ εἰς η λήγοντα θηλυκὰ μετὰ συμφώνου δισύλλαβα ὀξύνεται, τῷ ο παραληγόμενα, εἰ γένοιτο ἀπὸ ῥημάτων τῷ ε παραληγομένων μόνῳ, οἷον τρέπω τροπή, τρέφω τροφή, νέμω νομή, στρέφω στροφή, ῥοπή, σπονδή, ὁλκή, πλοκή. οὕτως καὶ φορβή); A Schol. Il. 5.202 (idem); Eustathius, Comm. Il. 2, 57 Van der Valk (idem); Arcadius, De prosodia catholica epitome, p. 119 (Τὰ γὰρ εἰς Η ῥηματικὰ ὀξύνεται· τρέπω τροπή, τρέφω τροφή, νέμω νομή); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, tau, p. 1748 (Τροφή. παρὰ τὸ τρέφω, τὸ πήσσω. ἡ πηγνύουσα καὶ εὐσταθῆ ποιοῦσα τὰ σώματα. τροπὴ καὶ ἡ ἀγωγὴ καὶ ἡ παιδεία)
Comment
Correct explanation, which is most of the time given en passant, as a parallel for other etymological explanations