ὀλιγότροφος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- giving little nourishment
- taking little nourishment
- (of athletes in training) abstemious
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek τρέφω (feed, maintain, support, nourish, sustain, rear, I maintain).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τρέφω
Gloss
feed, maintain, support, nourish, sustain, rear, I maintain
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- limitrophus Latin
- διοτρεφής Ancient Greek
- θρεπτικός Ancient Greek
- πολύτροφος Ancient Greek
- τρέφω Ancient Greek
- τροφή Ancient Greek
- ψυχοτρόφος Ancient Greek
- ψυχότροφον Ancient Greek
- ἰχθυοτρόφος Ancient Greek
- τρέφω Greek (modern)
- *tʰrépʰō Proto-Hellenic