κολακεύω
ξένος ὢν ἀκολούθει τοῖς ἐπιχωρίοις νόμοις → as a foreigner, follow the laws of that country | when in Rome, do as the Romans do
English (LSJ)
A to be a flatterer, Ar.Eq.48, Pl.R.538b, Grg.521b, Antiph.144.2, Diod.Com.2.34, Phld.Ir.p.66 W. 2 c. acc., flatter, And.4.16, X.HG5.1.17, Isoc.4.155, Ephipp.6, etc.; τὴν πόλιν Pl.Alc.1.120b: metaph., τὴν κατάποσιν κ. Muson.Fr.18Ap.97 H.:—Pass., to be flattered, be open to flattery, Democr.115, D.8.34, etc. 3 metaph., soften, render mild, Alex. Trall.1.11, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1472] schmeicheln; absolut, Plat. Rep. VII, 538 h u. A.; – c. accus.; Ar. frg. 360; τὴν πόλιν Plat. Alc. I, 120 b; Xen. Hell. 5, 1, 17 u. sonst; auch = durch Schmeichelei einnehmen, verführen, Isocr. 4, 155; – auch pass., ἔχαιρε κολακευόμενος Aesch. 3, 234; Folgde.
