θάλπ-ω,
fut. -ψω Orph. Fr. 258, Alciphr. 2.4: fut. Med. in pass. sense θάλψομαι Id. 3.42: -
I heat, soften by heat, Od. 21.179, al.: - Pass., ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὣς.. θαλφθείς Hes. Th. 864, cf. S. Tr. 697: metaph., to be softened, deceived, αἴ κε μὴ θαλφθῇ λόγοις Ar. Eq. 210.
II
1. heat, warm, without any notion of softening, καῦμ’ ἔθαλπε (sc. ἡμᾶς) S. Ant. 417; θερμὴ ἡμᾶς ἀκτὶς θ. Ar. Av. 1092; keep warm, χλανιδίων ἐρειπίοις θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα Trag.Adesp. 7: prov., θ. τὸν δίφρον, of an idle life, Herod. 1.37; θ. τὰς κοχώνας Id. 7.48; τὴν βαίτην θάλπουσαν εὖ ib. 129: - Pass., Hp. Aff. 4; θάλπεσθαι τοῦ θέρους to be warm in summer, X. Cyr. 5.1.11; τῷ πυρὶ θάλψομαι Alciphr. 3.42: metaph., ἔτι ἁλίῳ θάλπεσθαι to be alive, Pi. N. 4.14.
2. warm at the fire, dry, θάλπεται ῥάκη S. Ph. 38, cf. E. Hel. 183 (lyr.).
3. hatch, ᾠά Gp. 14.1.4: so abs., sit, ib.3; θ. ἐπὶ τῶν νοσσῶν, ἐπὶ τῶν ᾠῶν, LXX [Deu 22:6].
III
1. metaph., of passion, heat, inflame, ἣ Διὸς θάλπει κέαρ ἔρωτι A. Pr. 590, cf. S. Fr. 474 (Pass.); ἔθαλψεν ἄτης σπασμός Id. Tr. 1082: - Pass., ἱμέρου βέλει τεθάλφθαι πρός τινος A. Pr. 650; θάλπῃ (2 sg.) ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί S. El. 888; εἴ σευ θάλπεταί τι τῶν ἔνδον Herod. 2.81.
2. comfort, ὕπνος.. θάλπει κέαρ B. Fr. 3.11, cf. Fr. 16.2, Com.Adesp. 5.16D.; cherish, foster, ἄλλον θάλπε φίλον Theoc. 14.38; ὡς ἐὰν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα [1Th 2:7]; τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα [Eph 5:29]; τὸ ἀσθενοῦν Alciphr. 2.4; θ. καὶ τρέφειν PMasp. 6 B 132 (vi A.D.); τὴν πόλιν θ. tend it with fostering care, OGI 194.5 (Egypt, i B.C.).
3. ἐμὲ οὐδὲν θ. ἡ δόξα I care nothing for glory, Alciphr. 2.2; ἐμὲ οὐδὲν θ. κέρδος Aristaenet. 1.24. intr., to be full of heat, vigorous, Arist. Pr. 879a33; θάλψαι τρεῖς ποίας to live three summers, AP 7.731 (Leon.).
G2282 — θάλπω
1. properly, to warm, keep warm (Latinfoveo): Homer and following
2. like the Latinfoveo, equivalent to to cherish with tender love, to foster with tender care: [Eph 5:29]; [1Th 2:7]; ((Theocritus, 14, 38): Alciphron 2, 4; Antoninus 5, 1).