θώψ
Ἐάν γάρ ἀποδιδῷ τις τί ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἑκατέρῳ τό ζῴῳ εἶναι, ἴδιον ἑκατέρου λόγον ἀποδώσει (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a) → For if anyone gives an explanation of what it is for each of them to be an animal, he will give the same explanation of each
English (LSJ)
gen. θωπός, ὁ,
A flatterer, false friend, Hdt.3.80; θ. πλούτου Antipho Soph.65, cf. Them.Or.20.237d.
II as Adj., θῶπες λόγοι = fawning speeches, Trag.Adesp.24, Pl.Tht.175e, Ph.2.52 (cf. τέθηπα, θάμβος).
French (Bailly abrégé)
θωπός (ὁ) :
flatteur.
Étymologie: cf. θωπεύω.
Greek Monotonic
θώψ: γεν. θωπός, ὁ, κόλακας, δουλοπρεπής, ψεύτικος φίλος, σε Ηρόδ.· ως επίθ., θῶπες λόγοι, κολακευτικά λόγια, σε Πλάτ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
θώψ: θωπός adj. льстивый (θῶπες λόγοι Plat.).
θωπός ὁ льстец Her.
Frisk Etymological English
θωπός
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: flatterer, sec. also adjectively (IA).
Derivatives: θωπικός flattering (Ar.), θωπεύω flatter with θωπεία, θώπευμα flattery, Demin. θωπευμάτια pl., θωπευτικός (Att. etc.); also θώπτω id. (A.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Hardly with de Saussure Mémoire 156, Bezzenberger BB 5, 317 as root noun (cf. Chantraine Formation 2) to τέ-θηπ-α, θάμβος, s. v. (which is a Pre-Greek word); cf. H.: θώψ κόλαξ, ὁ μετὰ θαυμασμοῦ ἐγκωμιαστής (which may be due to learned analysis).
Middle Liddell
θώψ, γεν. θωπός, ὁ,
a flatterer, fawner, false friend, Hdt.:—as adj., θῶπες λόγοι fawning speeches, Plat.
Frisk Etymology German
θώψ: θωπός
{thṓps}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Schmeichler, sekundär auch adjektivisch (ion. att.).
Derivative: Davon θωπικός schmeichlerisch (Ar. u. a.), θωπεύω schmeicheln mit θωπεία, θώπευμα Schmeichelei, Deminutivum θωπευμάτια pl., θωπευτικός (att. usw.); auch θώπτω ib. (A.).
Etymology : Wohl mit de Saussure Mémoire 156, Bezzenberger BB 5, 317 als Wurzelnomen (vgl. Chantraine Formation 2) zu τέθηπα, θάμβος, s. d.; vgl. H.: θώψ· κόλαξ, ὁ μετὰ θαυμασμοῦ ἐγκωμιαστής.
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Translations
Albanian: lajkatar; Bulgarian: ласкател; Chinese Mandarin: 奉承者, 諂媚者, 谄媚者, 阿諛者, 阿谀者; Czech: lichotník; Dutch: vleier, vleister; French: flatteur, flatteuse; Galician: aloumiñeiro; German: Schmeichler, Schmeichlerin; Ancient Greek: κόλαξ, θώψ; Hungarian: hízelgő; Italian: adulatore, adulatrice; Jamaican Creole: sweet talker; Japanese: おべっか使い, 茶坊主, 幇間; Kapampangan: talabuladas; Latin: palpator, palpo, adulator; Middle English: placebo, flaterere, losengeour; Norman: affliâtreux, fliatteux; Polish: pochlebca; Portuguese: bajulador, adulador, puxa-saco; Russian: льстец, подхали́м; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ласкавац; Latin: laskavac; Spanish: lisonjeador, lisonjero, adulador, halagador; Walloon: clatcheu, platchteu, flåzeu
