θώψ
φύγωμεν οὖν τὴν συνήθειαν ... ἄγχει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τῆς ἀληθείας ἀποτρέπει → so let's stay away from the habitual ... it strangles us, turns us away from the truth
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. τέ-θηπα, 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).
