Θῆτες

serfs, laborers

Translated by Ryan Stone26 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] those slaving for subsistence.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θῆτες· οἱ τροφῆς ἕνεκα δουλεύοντες.

Betacode

*qh=tes: oi( trofh=s e(/neka douleu/ontes.

Notes

Nominative plural of this noun, with same or similar glossing in other lexica (and scholia); evidently quoted from somewhere.
cf. theta 374, theta 375, theta 376, theta 377.

Linked from3 entries

θ358Θήςbondsman, serf[Genitive] qhto/s: [meaning] hireling.
θ375Θητείαhired service, serfdom[Meaning] obligation to continue in service, or slavery.
θ376Θητικὸν πλῆθοςlabouring mass, labouring masses[Meaning] the [mass(es)] slaving for a wage. "And the Persians themselves led a vast [force of] labourers/serfs into battle, and even children and women, whom, doubtless according to some ancestral custom, they brought…

Neighbouring entries

θ371ΘήσομαιI will place, I will consider θ372Θῆτταpoor girl θ373Θῆτεςserfs, laborers θ374Θητεύεινto be a labourer, to be a serf θ375Θητείαhired service, serfdom

Revision history3 revisions · last 3 Jan 2013

3 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
27 Feb 2008tweaked tr; augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
26 Feb 2008modified translation, added note, set status — Catharine Roth
26 Feb 2008Translated — Ryan Stone