The corpus record

θερᾰπ-ευτής

therapeutes · ὁ

one who serves the gods, worshipper

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Where it lives

Gorgias 3 · 1.14/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Republic 3 · 0.34/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

one who serves the gods, worshipper

one who serves the gods, worshipper, θ. Ἄρεως, θεῶν, Pl. Phdr. 252c, Lg. 740c; ὁσίων τε καὶ ἱερῶν ib. 878a; τοῦ καλοῦ Ph. 1.261; οἱ θ. worshippers of Sarapis or Isis, UPZ 8.19 (ii B.C.), IG ΙΙ(4).1226 (Delos, ii B.C.); title of play by Diphilus, ib. 2.992ii9; name of certain ascetics, Ph. 2.471; θ. ὁσιότητος, of the followers of Moses, ib. 177.

2 one who serves, courtier

one who serves a great man, courtier, οἱ ἀμφὶ τὸν πάππον θ. X. Cyr. 1.3.7.

II one who attends to anything

one who attends to anything, c. gen., σώματος Pl. Grg. 517e; τῶν περὶ τὸ σῶμα Id. R. 369d.

2 medical attendant

medical attendant, τῶν καμνόντων ib. 341c.

In the wild

θεραπευτὴν · therapeutēn Plato, Gorgias 517
θεραπευταί · therapeutai Plato, Gorgias 518
θεραπευταί · therapeutai Plato, Gorgias 518
θεραπευτὴν · therapeutēn Plato, Laws 740
θεραπευτὴν · therapeutēn Plato, Laws 878
θεραπευταὶ · therapeutai Plato, Phaedrus 252 (DIORISIS sentence 463)

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Where it came from

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