Θητεύειν
to be a labourer, to be a serf
Translated by Ryan Stone25 Feb 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to work for a wage.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θητεύειν· μισθῷ ἐργάζεσθαι.
Betacode
*qhteu/ein: misqw=| e)rga/zesqai.
Notes
- Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword is present infinitive active (Attic) of
qhteu/w ; taken to be quoted from Euripides, Alcestis 6 (web address 1).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- θ358Θήςbondsman, serf[Genitive] qhto/s: [meaning] hireling.
- θ373Θῆτεςserfs, laborers[Meaning] those slaving for subsistence.
- 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…
- θ377Θητώνιονthete-wage[Meaning] what is given to hirelings.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Dec 2018
- added a link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ryan Stone