θρέμμ-α, ατος, τό, (τρέφω)
nursling, creature, θ. Νηρεΐδων, of dolphins, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; mostly of tame animals, especially sheep and goats, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐν ταῖς ἀγέλαις θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑηνὰ θ. [
Refs]; of game-cocks and quails, ὀρνίθων θ[
Refs]: generally,
animals, τοῖς ἡμέροις καὶ ἀγρίοις. θ. [
Refs]
2) of men, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Χαρίτων θ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of
domestic slaves,= Latin
verna, τὸ Χρυσίππου θ. [
Refs]
3) generally,
creature, ἄπλατον θ. κἀπροσήγορον, of a lion, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Cerberus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακὰ θ, of
a swarm of gnats, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; θ. Σελινοῦντος, of a fish, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; Καρύστου θ, comic for a cup made at Carystus, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; as a term of reproach, θρέμματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in
periphrastic, ὕδρας θ, for ὕδρα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θρέμματα παλλακῶν
kept mistresses, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]