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θερᾰπ-εία

therapeia · ἡ

service, attendance

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Where it lives

  • Euthyphro 10 · 19.34/10k
  • Joel 2 · 12.99/10k
  • Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
  • Cleitophon 1 · 6.46/10k
  • Esther 3 · 5.42/10k
  • Hiero 2 · 3.36/10k
  • Epinomis 2 · 3.17/10k
  • Statesman 5 · 2.95/10k
  • Theages 1 · 2.88/10k
  • Laches 2 · 2.61/10k
  • Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
  • De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k

Densest 12 of 43 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

service, attendance

service, attendance:

I service paid, worship, nurture, care

of persons, θ. τῶν θεῶν service paid to the gods, Pl. Euthphr. 13d, cf. E. El. 744 (lyr.); θεῶν καὶ ἡρώων θεραπεῖαι Pl. R. 427b, etc.; ἡ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς θ. Isoc. 11.24; ἀγυιάτιδες θ. worship of Apollo Agyieus, E. Ion 187; τὴν θ. ἀποδιδόναι τοῖς θεοῖς Arist. Pol. 1329a32; θ. τῆς μήνιδος Jul. Or. 5.159b: abs., πᾶσαν θ. ὡς ἰσόθεος θεραπευόμενος Pl. Phdr. 255a, cf. Antipho 4.2.4; of parents, γονέων θεραπείας καὶ τιμάς Pl. Lg. 886c, cf. Gorg. Fr. 6 D.; of children, nurture, care, μικροὺς παῖδας θεραπ

2 service done to gain favour, paying court

service done to gain favour, paying court, θ. τοῦ κοινοῦ καὶ τῶν αἰεὶ προεστώτων Th. 3.11; ἐν θεραπείᾳ ἔχειν πολλῇ Id. 1.55; πάσῃ θεραπείᾳ θεραπεύειν τινά X. HG 2.3.14; θεραπείαις προσαγαγέσθαι Isoc. 3.22; τῇ θ. ψυχαγωγούμενος D. 59.55.

II medical, surgical treatment, cure, cures, treatment, healing, cures

medical or surgical treatment or cure, χειρός, ποδός, Hp. l.c.; αἱ ὑπὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν θ. αἱ διὰ καύσεων γιγνόμεναι cures by cautery, Pl. Prt. 354a; ἡ ἐκ τῶν γραμμάτων θ. treatment secundum artem, Arist. Pol. 1287a40, cf. Gal. 1.400, etc.; τῶν καμνόντων Pl. Prt. 345a, cf. Th. 2.51, Phld. Ir. p.21 W.; τοῦ σώματος Id. Lib. p.19 O., Vit.Philonid. p.9 C.; healing, θεραπείας ἐπιτυχών Sammelb. 1537b: in pl., cures, ἰατρὸς ποιεῖ -είας POxy. 1r. 13.

III care, tendance

of animals, care, tendance, Pl. Euthphr. 13a, Arist. HA 578a7 (pl.).

2 cultivation

of plants, cultivation, Pl. Tht. 149e, Thphr. HP 2.2.12.

3 maintenance, repairs

maintenance or repairs of temples, SIG 1106.49 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.), 1102.8 (ii B.C.).

4 preparation

preparation of fat for medical use, Dsc. 2.76.

IV body of attendants, retinue

in collective sense, body of attendants, retinue, Hdt. 1.199, 5.21, 7.184, LXX Ge. 45.16; σὺν ἱππικῇ θ. X. Cyr. 4.6.1; ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς θ. τεταγμένος Plb. 4.87.5.

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