The corpus record

θωπ-εύω

thopeuo

flatter, wheedle

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Where it lives

Crito 1 · 2.4/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 2 · 1.93/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

flatter, wheedle, be it, flatter, to be a, server, serve, fawn, caress, pat, soothe

flatter, wheedle, τινα S. OC 1003, 1336, E. Heracl. 983, Ar. Ach. 657, Eq. 48; σὺ ταῦτα θώπευʼ be it thine to flatter thus, S. El. 397; θ. τὸν δεσπότην λόγῳ Pl. Tht. 173a; τὸν δῆμον Aeschin. 3.226; τὰς πόλεις Phld. Rh. 2.170S.; καιρὸν θ. to be a time-server, Ps.-Phoc. 93; ἵνα μὴ ἄλλους θωπεύωμεν σοῦ ὑγιαίνοντος serve others (in good sense), PSI 5.525.16 (iii B.C.); of dogs, fawn, Arist. Phgn. 811b38; caress, pat a horse, X. Eq. 10.13, Cyn. 6.21; of disease, soothe, τὴν χολήν Sever. Clyst. p.37 D

In the wild

θωπεῦσαι · thōpeusai Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5396)
θωπεύειν · thōpeuein Plato, Crito 51
θωπεύσας · thōpeusas Plato, Epistles 315
θωπεύει · thōpeuei Plato, Republic 8.563 (DIORISIS sentence 5130)
θωπεύειν · thōpeuein Plato, Republic 9.579 (DIORISIS sentence 5493)
θωπεῦσαι · thōpeusai Plato, Theaetetus 172

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