The corpus record

τῐθᾰσ-εύω

tithaseuo

tame, domesticate

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Where it lives

Third Olynthiac 1 · 4.25/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

τῐθᾰσ-εύω · tithas-euō — LSJ

tame, domesticate

tame, domesticate, τὰ ἥμερα τρέφων καὶ τ. Pl. R. 589b; τιθασεύοντες τὰ χρήσιμα τῶν ζῴων X. Mem. 4.3.10:—Pass., τ. ὁ ἐλέφας καὶ πειθαρχεῖ Arist. HA 610a29, cf. GA 756b22.

2 become milder

metaph., ὑμᾶς τιθασεύουσι χειροήθεις ποιοῦντες D. 3.31; τ. ἀνθρώπους εἰς φιλότητας Phld. Lib. p.40 O.; τὰ νοσήματα ἐλαφρύνει τε καὶ τ. Gal. 19.211:—Pass., [ἡ γυνὴ] ἐτετιθάσευτο X. Oec. 7.10, cf. Pl. Plt. 264a; of a disease, become milder, Ruf. ap. Aët. 11.29.

3 cultivate

of trees, cultivate, [κοτίνους] εἰς ἐλαίας ἐξημεροῦντες καὶ τ. Plu. Fab. 20. Cf. τιθασός fin.

In the wild

τιθασεύουσι · tithaseuousi Demosthenes, Third Olynthiac 31 (DIORISIS sentence 113)
τιθασεύων · tithaseuōn Plato, Republic 9.589 (DIORISIS sentence 5771)
τιθασεύεσθαι · tithaseuesthai Plato, Statesman 264
ἐτετιθάσευτο · etetithaseuto Xenophon, Economics 7.10 (DIORISIS sentence 329)
τιθασεύοντες · tithaseuontes Xenophon, Memorabilia 4.3.10 (DIORISIS sentence 1818)

Where it came from

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