θωπεύω
φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας → our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not makes us soft
English (LSJ)
(θώψ)
A flatter, wheedle, τινα S.OC 1003, 1336, E.Heracl.983, Ar.Ach.657, Eq.48; σὺ ταῦτα θώπευ' be it thine to flatter thus, S.El.397; θ. τὸν δεσπότην λόγῳ Pl.Tht.173a; τὸν δῆμον Aeschin.3.226; τὰς πόλεις Phld.Rh.2.170S.; καιρὸν θ. to be a time-server, Ps.-Phoc.93; ἵνα μὴ ἄλλους θωπεύωμεν σοῦ ὑγιαίνοντος serve others (in good sense), PSI5.525.16 (iii B.C.); of dogs, fawn, Arist.Phgn.811b38; caress, pat a horse, X.Eq.10.13, Cyn.6.21; of disease, soothe, τὴν χολήν Sever.Clyst.p.37 D.:—Pass., Ar. Eq.1116.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1230] ein Schmeichler, θώψ, sein, schmeicheln, sich gefällig zeigen, huldigen, dienen; σὺ ταῦτα θώπευε Soph. El. 389; ἄλλους O. C. 1338, vgl. 1007; σάφ' ἴσθι μή με θωπεύσοντά σε Eur. Heracl. 983; Ar. Equ. 48. 1112; ἐπιστάμενοι τὸν δεσπότην λόγῳ θωπεῦσαι Plat. Theaet. 475 a; Folgde; täuschen, betrügen durch Schmeichelei, Aesch. 3, 226 τὸν δῆμον.
