A.service, attendance:
I. of persons, θ. τῶν θεῶν service paid to the gods, Pl. Euthphr.13d, cf. E.El.744 (lyr.); “θεῶν καὶ ἡρώων θεραπεῖαι” Pl.R.427b, etc.; “ἡ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς θ.” Isoc.11.24; ἀγυιάτιδες θ. worship of Apollo Agyieus, E.Ion187; “τὴν θ. ἀποδιδόναι τοῖς θεοῖς” Arist.Pol.1329a32; “θ. τῆς μήνιδος” Jul.Or.5.159b: abs., “πᾶσαν θ. ὡς ἰσόθεος θεραπευόμενος” Pl.Phdr.255a, cf. Antipho 4.2.4; of parents, “γονέων θεραπείας καὶ τιμάς” Pl.Lg.886c, cf. Gorg.Fr.6 D.; of children, nurture, care, “μικροὺς παῖδας θεραπείας δεομένους” Lys.13.45; “θ. καὶ ἐσθής” X.Mem.3.11.4; θ. σώματος, ψυχῆς, Pl.Grg.464b, La.185e.
2. service done to gain favour, paying court, “θ. τοῦ κοινοῦ καὶ τῶν αἰεὶ προεστώτων” Th.3.11; “ἐν θεραπείᾳ ἔχειν πολλῇ” Id.1.55; “πάσῃ θεραπείᾳ θεραπεύειν τινά” X.HG 2.3.14; “θεραπείαις προσαγαγέσθαι” Isoc.3.22; “τῇ θ. ψυχαγωγούμενος” D.59.55.
II. medical or surgical treatment or cure, χειρός, ποδός, Hp.l.c.; αἱ ὑπὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν θ. αἱ διὰ καύσεων γιγνόμεναι cures by cautery, Pl.Prt.354a; ἡ ἐκ τῶν γραμμάτων θ. treatment secundum artem, Arist.Pol.1287a40, cf. Gal.1.400, etc.; “τῶν καμνόντων” Pl.Prt. 345a, cf. Th.2.51, Phld.Ir.p.21 W.; “τοῦ σώματος” Id.Lib.p.19 O., Vit.Philonid.p.9 C.; healing, “θεραπείας ἐπιτυχών” Sammelb.1537b: in pl., cures, “ἰατρὸς ποιεῖ -είας” POxy.1r.13.
III. of animals, care, tendance, Pl.Euthphr.13a, Arist.HA578a7 (pl.).
2. of plants, cultivation, Pl.Tht.149e, Thphr.HP2.2.12.
3. maintenance or repairs of temples, SIG1106.49 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.), 1102.8 (ii B.C.).
4. preparation of fat for medical use, Dsc.2.76.
IV. in collective sense, body of attendants, retinue, Hdt.1.199, 5.21, 7.184, LXXGe. 45.16; “σὺν ἱππικῇ θ.” X.Cyr.4.6.1; “ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς θ. τεταγμένος” Plb.4.87.5.
