θεραπεύω
Etym. θεράπων
I. "to be an attendant, do service", Od.
2. "to do service to" the gods, Lat. colere deos, Hes., Hdt., attic:— "to do service or honour to" one's parents or masters, Eur., Plat.
3. "to serve, court, pay court to", τινά Hdt., Ar., etc.; and in bad sense, "to flatter, wheedle", Thuc.: "to conciliate", id=Thuc.; τὸ θεραπεῦον ῀ οἱ θεραπεύοντες, id=Thuc.
4. of things, "to consult, attend to", Lat. inservire, id=Thuc.; ἡδονὴν θερ. "to indulge" one's love of pleasure, Xen.; τὰς θύρας τινὸς θερ. "to wait at" a great man's door, id=Xen.
II. "to take care of, provide for" men, of the gods, id=Xen.
2. of things, "to attend to, provide for", Soph., Thuc., etc.
3. θερ. τὸ σῶμα "to take care" of one's person, Lat. cutem curare, Plat.
4. "to treat medically, to heal, cure", Thuc., Xen.
5. θ. ἡμέρην "to observe" a day, "keep" it "as a feast", Hdt.; θ. τὰ ἱερά = Lat. sacra procurare, Thuc.
6. of land, "to cultivate", Xen.; δένδρον θερ. "to train" a tree, Hdt.