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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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pherbô, only pres. and impf., exc. plpf. epephorbein (v. infr.):--

  • Poet. Verb (used by Hp. (v. infr.) and v.l. in Plat. Criti. 115a, and later Prose, epherbe phonea heautou App.Syr.62); feed, nourish, of the earth, HH 30.2; [anthema] hudôr pherbei Pind. O. 2.73; m' epherbe sos domos Eur. Orest. 869; of shepherds, ph. bota IDEM=Eur. Hipp. 75; c. gen. rei, epei botanês epephorbei bous HH 4.105.

    2. preserve, patrôïon oikon     Hes. WD 377.

    II. Pass., to be fed, feed upon a thing, parexô daith' huph' hôn epherbomên shall make food for those by whom I fed myself,     Soph. Phil. 957; tade pherbetai ek sethen olbou HH 30.4.