θωπεύω
From LSJ
καιρὸς πρὸς ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει → time and tide wait for no man
English (LSJ)
(θώψ)
A flatter, wheedle, τινα S.OC 1003, 1336, E.Heracl.983, Ar.Ach.657, Eq.48; σὺ ταῦτα θώπευ' be it thine to flatter thus, S.El.397; θ. τὸν δεσπότην λόγῳ Pl.Tht.173a; τὸν δῆμον Aeschin.3.226; τὰς πόλεις Phld.Rh.2.170S.; καιρὸν θ. to be a time-server, Ps.-Phoc.93; ἵνα μὴ ἄλλους θωπεύωμεν σοῦ ὑγιαίνοντος serve others (in good sense), PSI5.525.16 (iii B.C.); of dogs, fawn, Arist.Phgn.811b38; caress, pat a horse, X.Eq.10.13, Cyn.6.21; of disease, soothe, τὴν χολήν Sever.Clyst.p.37 D.:—Pass., Ar. Eq.1116.
