κολακεία
From LSJ
Σκηνὴ πᾶς ὁ βίος καὶ παίγνιον: ἢ μάθε παίζειν, τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθείς, ἢ φέρε τὰς ὀδύνας → All life is a stage and a play: either learn to play laying your gravity aside, or bear with life's pains.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A flattery, fawning, Democr.268, Pl.R.590b, Grg.463c, 465b, Thphr.Char.2, etc.; πολλὴν κολακείαν πεποίηται Aeschin.3.162, cf.Cic.Att.13.27.1; περὶ κολακείας, title of treatise by Phld.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1472] ἡ, das Schmeicheln, die Schmeichelei; Plat. Gorg. 455 a u. A.; κολακείαν ποιεῖσθαι, = κολακεύειν, Aesch. 3, 162; πρός τινα, Ath. VI, 252 f.
