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ὑπηρεσία

hyperesia

body of rowers, shipʼs crew

Appears 15 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ὑπηρεσία, ἡ, (ἐρέτης) A. body of rowers, shipʼs crew, οἵ τε ναῦται καὶ οἱ ἐπιβάται καὶ ἡ ὑ. D. 50.30, cf. 10,25,al.; ὑ. κρατίστην ἐμισθωσάμην ib.7; εἶχον κυβερνήτην Φαντίαν . . , παρεσκευασάμην δὲ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα πρὸς ἐκεῖνον καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ὑ. ἀκόλουθον Lys. 21.10; κυβερνήτας ἔχομεν πολίτας καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ὑ. πλείους καὶ ἀμείνους ἢ ἅπασα ἡ ἄλλη Ἑλλάς Th. 1.143; τῆς ἄλλης ὑ. IG 12.98.22; χρεία πλοίων ἐστὶ καὶ τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν ὑ. Plb. 5.109.1: pl., crews, Th. 6.31, 8.1, Isoc. 4.142; pl. of naval equipment, [ναῦς] εὖ ταῖς ὑ. ἐξηρτυμένη Plb. 1.25.3; ἡ θρὶξ [τῶν αἰγῶν] ἀναγκαία . . εἰς ναυτικὰς ὑπηρεσίας Gp. 18.9.3. II. generally, service, δουλεία καὶ ὑ. Ar. V. 602 (anap.); ἰατρικὴ ὑ. Pl. Lg. 961e; αἱ σωματικαὶ ὑ. Arist. Pol. 1259b26; μόρια τὰ πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ὑ. (sc. πορεύεσθαι) Id. Juv. 468a19; αἱ ὑ. αἱ ἔξωθεν κινητικαί Id. PA 684b33; τέχναι καὶ γοητεῖαι καὶ ὅλως ὑ. τινές all kinds of service, D. Prooem. 52 (s. v.l., deceptions seems to be the sense); πᾶσαν λειτουργίαν καὶ ὑ. ἐκτελεῖν CIG 2786 (Aphrodisias); παρέχειν τι εἰς ὑ. τινί Pl. Lg. 717c; ἡ ἐμὴ τῷ θεῷ ὑ. Id. Ap. 30a; τίς αὕτη ἡ ὑ. ἐστὶ τοῖς θεοῖς; Id. Euthphr. 14d; τὰς ἐκείνων ὑ. εἰς αὑτόν Id. Lg. 729d, cf. Arist. EN 1158a17; ἄλλας ὑ. ὑποστάντα τῇ πόλει IG 4.609 (Argos), cf. 12(5).946.23 (Tenos, i/ii A. D.), CIG 2767 (Aphrodisias), etc. 2. in concrete sense, in pl., the class of servants or attendants, Pl. Lg. 956e, Ep. 350a, cf. IG 5(1).1390.98 (Andania, i B. C.): also in sg., retinue, LXX Jb. 1.3, OGI 139.8 (Philae, ii B. C.); of shop-assistants, Sardis 7(1).168 (iv A. D.). 3. ὑ. σοι παντελὴς . . κεραμίων ‘a dinner-service’, Axionic. 7.
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