- θωπός
- θώψ, θωπόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `flatterer', sec. also adjectively (IA).Derivatives: θωπικός `flattering' (Ar.), θωπεύω `flatter' with θωπεία, θώπευμα `flattery', Demin. θωπευμάτια pl., θωπευτικός (Att. etc.); also θώπτω `id.' (A.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Hardly with de Saussure Mémoire 156, Bezzenberger BB 5, 317 as root noun (cf. Chantraine Formation 2) to τέ-θηπ-α, θάμβος, s. v. (which is a Pre-Greek word); cf. H.: θώψ κόλαξ, ὁ μετὰ θαυμασμοῦ ἐγκωμιαστής (which may be due to learned analysis).Page in Frisk: 1,701
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
