φῐλοποι-έω,
A. make a friend of,
AB 428 :—mostly in Med. ,make one's friend, attach to oneself, τινα
Plb. 3.42.2 , 32.1.7 , Aristeas 209 , Phld. Hom. p.63 O., D.S. 19.96 , dub. in SIG 656.27 (Abdera. found at Teos,ii B. C., leg.ἐφιλοπονοῦντο),v.l. in D.H. 8.34 .