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θής

thes

sacrificers

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What it meant

1. θής · thēs — Beekes

θής, θητός [m.] “serf, bondsman; hired labourer’ (Od.). eVAR Fem. θῆσσα, Att. θῆττα (E, Posidipp.). Also θᾶτας: θῆτας (θάτας: θύτας ‘sacrificers’ cod.), τοὺς δούλους. Κύπριοι ‘slaves (Cypr.) (H.). DER θητικός ‘of a serf (Lex. apud D., Arist.), θητεύω ‘be a serf; work for wages’ (11. with θητεία “wage-earning’ (S., Isoc.), θητεῖον ‘wages’ (Ath.). *ETYM Unexplained. Argumentation against connection with θέω ‘run’ … — [Beekes, s.v. θής, p. 594]

2. θής · thēs — LSJ

serf, bondsman, hired labourer

serf, bondsman, θῆτές τε δμῶές τε Od. 4.644; later, hired labourer, θῆτά τʼ ἄοικον ποιεῖσθαι Hes. Op. 602; μισθωτοὺς καὶ θῆτας Pl. Plt. 290a; βάναυσοι καὶ θ. (opp. δοῦλοι) Arist. Pol. 1278a13.

at Athens, members of the fourth class in the constitution of Solon, IG 1(2).45, Arist. Ath. 7.3, Th. 6.43, Poll. 3.82.

v. θάτας.

II hired servant-girl

fem. θῆσσα, later Att. θῆττα, ἡ, hired servant-girl, opp. ἐπίκληρος, Posidipp. 35; θ. γυνή A.R. 1.193, cf. Ant.Lib. 25.3.

2 menial

as Adj., = θητική, θῆσσα τράπεζα menial fare, E. Alc. 2; θ. ἑστία Id. El. 205 (lyr.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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