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οἰκέτης

oiketes

household slave

Appears 40 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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.)
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