κολακεία
From LSJ
Ὅσον ζῇς, φαίνου, μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ· πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν, τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. → While you live, shine; have no grief at all; life exists only for a short while, and time demands its toll.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A flattery, fawning, Democr.268, Pl.R.590b, Grg.463c, 465b, Thphr.Char.2, etc.; πολλὴν κολακείαν πεποίηται Aeschin.3.162, cf.Cic.Att.13.27.1; περὶ κολακείας, title of treatise by Phld.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1472] ἡ, das Schmeicheln, die Schmeichelei; Plat. Gorg. 455 a u. A.; κολακείαν ποιεῖσθαι, = κολακεύειν, Aesch. 3, 162; πρός τινα, Ath. VI, 252 f.
