2.service done to gain favour, a courting, paying court, θ. τῶν ἀεὶ προεστώτων Thuc.; ἐν πολλῇ θεραπείᾳ ἔχειν to court one's favour, id=Thuc.
2.medical treatment, service done to the sick, tending, Thuc., Plat.
III.of animals or plants, a rearing or bringing up, tendance, id=Plat.
IV.in collective sense, a body of attendants, suite, retinue, Hdt., Xen.