Θῆσσαν
hired [servant-girl], menial
Translated by Ryan Stone23 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] of a wage-earner, or cheap, or servile fare.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θῆσσαν· μισθωτικήν, ἢ εὐτελῆ, ἢ δουλικὴν τροφήν.
Betacode
*qh=ssan: misqwtikh/n, h)\ eu)telh=, h)\ doulikh\n trofh/n.
Notes
- Accusative case feminine of the headword (see again under theta 365), with the same or similar glossing in other lexica. Latte reconstructs the original entry in Hesychius (theta548) as
qh=ssan tra/pezan "menial table" (from Euripides, Alcestis 2) glossed withdoulikh\n trofh/n "servile fare."
For other x-refs see under theta 358.
Linked from2 entries
- θ358Θήςbondsman, serf[Genitive] qhto/s: [meaning] hireling.
- θ365Θητεὺς καὶ Θητικόνthetes and thetic censusWith the citizen-body in Athens divided into four, the poorest were called thetes, and [were said] to have a thetic census. These men shared in no office and did not serve in the army. And "thete-ess" is the name the…
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Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Dec 2018
- modified translation, expanded note, added keywords — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- modified tr; notes; another keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ryan Stone