θερᾰπ-ων, οντος, ὁ,
dative plural θεραπόντεσσι [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.41 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect θεράπων [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 74, _genitive_ θερράπονος Choerob.in “An Ox.” 2.242 (θεράπονος codex, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.302)] Refs 7th c.BC+]:—henchman, attendant, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.253, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; companion in arms, squire, [[ 4.23 ] Refs], etc.; ἡνίοχος θ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.580, 8.119; τώ οἱ ἔσαν κήρυκε.. καὶ θεράποντε 1.321; θεράποντε Διός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.255; θεράποντες Ἄρηος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.110, etc.; Μουσάων θεράποντες “Hymni Homerici” 32.20, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 100, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 769, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 909 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἔρως Ἀφροδίτης θ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203c, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica [same place] ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; worshipper, Ἀπόλλωνος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.16, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 85a; Ἄρεος “BMus.Inscription” 971 (5th c.AD: Cypria, 5th c.BC): with _dative_, οἶκος ξένοισι θεράπων] Refs 5th c.BC+] devoted to the service of its guests, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λωτὸς.. Μουσᾶν θ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 717 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, attending upon, τῶν ἀδίκως δυστυχούντων [[ 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 6 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II servant, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 5.105, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 3, 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.12, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.34, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; at Chios, slave, [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis ad 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 533. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]