θωπ-εύω, (θώψ)
A. flatter, wheedle,τινα
S. OC 1003 , 1336 , E. Heracl. 983 , Ar. Ach. 657 , Eq. 48 ;σὺ ταῦτα θώπευ' be itthine toflatterthus, 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 atime-server, Ps.-Phoc. 93 ;ἵνα μὴ ἄλλους θωπεύωμεν σοῦ ὑγιαίνοντος serveothers (in good sense), PSI 5.525.16
(iii B.C.); of dogs,fawn, Arist. Phgn. 811b38 ;caress, pata horse, X. Eq. 10.13 , Cyn. 6.21 ; of disease,soothe, τὴν χολήν
Sever. Clyst. p.37
D. :— Pass. , Ar. Eq. 1116 .