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.