θωπεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[θώψ]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[flatter]], [[wheedle]], τινα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 1003</span>, <span class="bibl">1336</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>983</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>657</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>48</span>; <b class="b3">σὺ ταῦτα θώπευ'</b> be it thine to [[flatter]] thus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>397</span>; θ. τὸν δεσπότην λόγῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>173a</span>; τὸν δῆμον <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.226</span>; τὰς πόλεις Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.170S.; <b class="b3">καιρὸν θωπεύω</b> to be a [[time]]-[[server]], <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.93</span>; <b class="b3">ἵνα μὴ ἄλλους θωπεύωμεν σοῦ ὑγιαίνοντος</b> [[serve]] others (in good sense), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>5.525.16</span> (iii B.C.); of dogs, [[fawn]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Phgn.</span>811b38</span>; [[caress]], [[pat]] a horse, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>10.13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.21</span>; of disease, [[soothe]], τὴν χολήν <span class="bibl">Sever.<span class="title">Clyst.</span>p.37</span> D.:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Eq.</span>1116</span>.</span>