θώψ
ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται → spare the rod and spoil the child | οne who hasn't been flayed is not being taught | if the man was not beaten, he is not educated | the man, who was not paddled, is not educated
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).
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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