θάλπω
I. "to heat, soften by heat", Od.:—Pass., ἐτήκετο, κασσίτερος ὣς θαλφθείς Hes.: metaph. "to be softened", λόγοις Ar.
II. "to heat, warm", without any notion of "softening", καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε (sc. ἡμᾶς) Soph.:—Pass., θάλπεσθαι τοῦ θέρους "to be warm" in summer, Xen.:—metaph. "to be alive", Pind.
2. "to warm at the fire, dry", Soph., Eur.
III. metaph. of passion, "to heat, inflame", Aesch., Soph.
2. "to cherish, comfort, foster", Theocr.