[44] τῶν τραφερῶν ὠρέξατο, 'reached after the food.' τραφερός is used in Homer always of dry land (τραφερή) as opposed to sea (ὑγρή), and this use is retained by the Alexandrian writers. The word is however used by Aratus as meaning 'fattening' （τρέφω）, ἐκ νομοῦ ἐρχόμενα τραφεροῦ ἐπὶ ὄψιον αὖλιν. Here then as substantive 'the fattening thing,' i. e. 'food.' Others interpret 'one of the fat ones,' as if it were used in the place of εὐτρεφής, but this leaves ὠρέξατο awkwardly without an object.
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The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.
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