inclined to serve
θερᾰπ-ευτικός,ή,όν,
A. inclined to serve, c. gen., τῶν φίλων
X. Ages. 8.1
; εὐσέβεια δύναμις θ. θεῶν
Pl. Def. 412e
; θεοῦ
Ph. 1.202
(butτὸ θ. γένος,
= θεραπευταί , Id. 2.473 );inclined to court,τῶν δυνατῶν, τοῦ πλήθους, Plu. Lys. 2 ,Comp.Lyc. Num.
2 ; τὸ θ. τῆς ὁμιλίας
Id. Lys. 4
.
2. abs.,courteous, obsequious, in good and bad sense, X. HG 3.1.28 ( Comp. ), Plu. Luc. 16 ; θ.παρρησία
Id. 2.74a
.Adv.
-κῶς
Id. Art. 4
; θ. ἔχειν τινός
Ph. 1.186
, cf. Str. 6.4.2 .
II. inclined to take care of, careful of,λόγουdub. l. in Men. 402.15 .
2. esp. of medical treatment,ἕξις θ.avaletudinarianhabit of body, Arist. Pol. 1335b7 ;ἡ -κή,
= θεραπεία , Pl. Plt. 282a ; alsoτὸ -κόν therapeutics, Dsc. Ther.Praef. (but alsoτὸ περὶ παθῶν θ., title of a work onmoral remediesby Chrysippus, Phld. Ir. p.17 W.);περὶ θ. μεθόδου, title of work by Galen.
