ἐκμειλίσσω
From LSJ
ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
English (LSJ)
A soften, Gal.11.317. II mostly Med., appease, Corn.ND21, App.BC1.97, Plu.2.380c, D.C.79.19, Conon 18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 769] ganz besänftigen, begütigen, im med., Plut. Is. et Os. 73; App. B. C. 1, 97; D. C. 79, 19.