flattery
flattery, E. Or. 670, Jul. Or. 3.102c, etc.: pl., Ar. Eq. 890; θωπεῖαι λόγων Pl. Lg. 906b; θ. κολακικαί ib. 633d.
The corpus record
θωπ-εία
thopeia · ἡ
flattery
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Where it lives
- On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
- Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
- Laws 5 · 0.48/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- θωπείᾳ · thōpeiai Euripides, Orestes 670 (DIORISIS sentence 446)
- θωπείας · thōpeias Plato, Laws 633
- θωπείαις · thōpeiais Plato, Laws 906
- θωπείαις · thōpeiais Plato, Laws 923
- θωπείας · thōpeias Plato, Laws 948
- θωπείαις · thōpeiais Plato, Laws 762
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Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.