Ἐκορίζετο
was wheedling
Translated by William Hutton7 Jan 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning he/she/it] was coddling; as [it is] customary for parents to speak playfully to small children in an effort to make them happy. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "she took this son of mine and was wheedling him."1