α162Ἀγγαρεία
compulsory labour, corvee
Surely "of pack mules". Also [sc. attested is] a)/ggaros: [meaning] labourer, servant, porter; whence we speak of a)ggarei/a [to describe] involuntary compulsion and service brought about by force.
Ἀγγαρεία· λίαν ἀγγάρων ἡμιόνων. καὶ Ἄγγαρος· ἐργάτης, ὑπηρέτης, ἀχθοφόρος· ὅθεν ἀγγαρείαν ἀνάγκην ἀκούσιον λέγομεν καὶ ἐκ βίας γινομένην ὑπηρεσίαν.
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