A.inclined to serve, c. gen., “τῶν φίλων” X.Ages.8.1; “εὐσέβεια δύναμις θ. θεῶν” Pl.Def.412e; “θεοῦ” Ph.1.202 (but τὸ θ. γένος, = θεραπευταί, Id.2.473); inclined to court, τῶν δυνατῶν, τοῦ πλήθους, Plu.Lys.2, Comp.Lyc. Num.2; “τὸ θ. τῆς ὁμιλίας” Id.Lys.4.
2. abs., courteous, obsequious, in good and bad sense, X.HG3.1.28 (Comp.), Plu.Luc.16; “θ.παρρησία” Id.2.74a. Adv. “-κῶς” Id.Art.4; “θ. ἔχειν τινός” Ph.1.186, cf. Str.6.4.2.
II. inclined to take care of, careful of, λόγου dub. l. in Men.402.15.