The corpus record

θητεύω

theteuo

to be a serf

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Where it lives

Euthyphro 2 · 3.87/10k
Republic 5 · 0.56/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
Enneads 2 · 0.09/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

to be a serf, labourer, labour, serve

to be a serf or labourer, Λαομέδοντι . . θητεύσαμεν εἰς ἐνιαυτόν Il. 21.444, cf. Od. 18.357; θητευέμεν ἄλλῳ, ἀνδρὶ παρʼ ἀκλήρῳ 11.489, cf. E. Alc. 6, Cyc. 77 (lyr.), Pl. Euthphr. 4c, R. 359d, Phld. Piet. 63; θ. ἐπὶ μισθῷ παρά τινι Hdt. 8.137; θ. εἰς τὸ τεῖχος labour at it, Philostr. Her. 12a. 3; θ. Παλλάδι καὶ Παφίῃ serve, AP 5.292.12 (Paul.Sil.).

In the wild

θητεύειν · thēteuein Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7
θητευόντεσσιν · thēteuontessin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.10 (DIORISIS sentence 969)
ἐθήτευον · ethēteuon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.2 (DIORISIS sentence 340)
ἐθήτευον · ethēteuon Herodotus, Histories 8.137.2 (DIORISIS sentence 9236)
θητεύσαμεν · thēteusamen Iliad 21.444
θητευέμεν · thēteuemen Odyssey 11.489

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Where it came from

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