οἰκέτης

oiketes

household slave

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Oeconomica 3
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Book I 2
Chapter 5 1344a23–1344b21

1344b6

Chapter 6 1344b22–1345b3

1345a13
Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1347b18
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 94 837b32–838a4

838a2
Chapter 101 838b30–839a11

839a4
Rhetoric 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34

1380a17
Book III 1
Chapter 9 1409a22–1410b5

1410a15
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 6 1233a31–1233b15

1233b9
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 9 1136a10–1137a30

1136b31
Generation of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20

744b20
Politics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39

1252b12

Dictionary (LSJ)

οἰκέτης, ου, ὁ, (οἶκος) A. household slave, A. Ch. 737, Hdt. 6.137, 7.170, Antipho 1.30, Th. 2.4 ; δημόσιος οἰ. τῆς πόλεως Aeschin. 1.54. 2. οἱ οἰκέται also, = οἰκετεία, household, A. Ag. 732 (lyr.), Hdt. 8.4, 106,142, S. Tr. 908, X. Cyr. 4.2.2 : hence opp. δοῦλοι, Pl. Lg. 763a, 777a, 853e ; διαφέρειν φησὶ Χρύσιππος δοῦλον οἰκέτου, διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἀπελευθέρους μὲν δούλους ἔτι εἶναι, οἰκέτας δὲ τοὺς μὴ τῆς κτήσεως ἀφειμένους Stoic. 3.86 : but freq. synon. with δοῦλος, Arist. Pol. 1252b12, al., PLille 29.2 (iii B. C.), IG 5(1).1390.77 (Andania, i B. C.) ; δοῦλος μεῖζον οἰκέτου φρονῶν Men. 796. II. as epith. of Apollo, ἱερέως . . Καρνείου Βοικέτα [Β = ϝ] IG 5(1).497, cf. 589,608 (Sparta). (Cf. οἰκότης.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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