δουλεύω
douleuo
to be a slave
Appears 26 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δουλεύω, (δοῦλος) A. to be a slave, 2.56, 1.138, Lg. 777d, etc.; παρά τινι 18.129: c. acc. cogn., δουλείαν δ. Mem. 3.12.2, Smp. 183a, al. 2. serve, be subject, τό τʼ ἄρχειν καὶ τὸ δ. δίχα Pr. 927, etc.; δ. ζεύγλαις ib.463; τοῖς ἄρχουσι καὶ τοῖς νόμοις Lg. 698b; ἡδονῇ Phdr. 238e, etc.; δ. γαστρί, ὕπνῳ, λαγνείᾳ, Mem. 1.6.8; κεναῖς δόξαις Polystr.p.29 W.; τῇ γῇ δ. make oneself a slave to oneʼs land, i. e. give up rights that one may keep it, 1.81; so δ. τῇ κτήσει αὐτοῦ R. 494d; δουλεύομεν δόξαισιν 93.8; δ. τῷ καιρῷ accommodate oneself to the occasion, AP 9.441 (); θυμῷ 1.17.6. 3. render a service, τινά PLond. 5.1727.11 (vi A. D.).
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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