Dictionary entry

σαίνω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* σαίνω

1. prop. (Hom., al.), of dogs, to wag the tail, fawn.

2. Metaph., of persons, c. acc., to fawn upon, flatter, beguile: pass., I Th 3:3 (for conjectural emendations of the text, v. ICC, and M, Th., in l.).†