service, attendance:
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
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.
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.
of animals, care, tendance, Pl. Euthphr. 13a, Arist. HA 578a7 (pl.).
of plants, cultivation, Pl. Tht. 149e, Thphr. HP 2.2.12.
maintenance or repairs of temples, SIG 1106.49 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.), 1102.8 (ii B.C.).
preparation of fat for medical use, Dsc. 2.76.
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.