κολακεύω
From LSJ
ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.
English (LSJ)
A to be a flatterer, Ar.Eq.48, Pl.R.538b, Grg.521b, Antiph.144.2, Diod.Com.2.34, Phld.Ir.p.66 W. 2 c. acc., flatter, And.4.16, X.HG5.1.17, Isoc.4.155, Ephipp.6, etc.; τὴν πόλιν Pl.Alc.1.120b: metaph., τὴν κατάποσιν κ. Muson.Fr.18Ap.97 H.:—Pass., to be flattered, be open to flattery, Democr.115, D.8.34, etc. 3 metaph., soften, render mild, Alex. Trall.1.11, al.
