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[[wait on]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπηρετεῖν]]; (dat.), [[διακονεῖν]] (dat.), [[λατρεύειν]] (dat.) ([[Isocrates]]), [[θεραπεύειν]] (acc.), [[verse|V.]] [[προσπολεῖν]]; (dat.)

[[be a slave to]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δουλεύειν]]; (dat.), [[θητεύειν]] (dat.).

[[serve the gods]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λατρεύειν]]; (dat.), [[prose|P.]] [[θεραπεύειν]] (acc.); see [[worship]].

[[help]], [[assist]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὠφελεῖν]]; (acc. or dat.), [[ἐπωφελεῖν]] (acc.), [[ἐπαρκεῖν]] (dat.), [[ὑπηρετεῖν]] (dat.), [[ἐξυπηρετεῖν]] (dat.), [[ὑπουργεῖν]] (dat.); see [[help]].

[[benefit]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὐεργετεῖν]], [[εὖ ποιεῖν]], [[εὖ δρᾶν]]; see [[benefit]].

[[minister]], [[supply]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παρέχω]], [[παρέχειν]] (or mid.), [[πορίζειν]] (or mid.); see [[supply]].

[[treat]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[χρῆσθαι]]; (dat.)

[[repay]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμείβεσθαι]], [[ἀμύνεσθαι]], [[ἀνταμύνεσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνταμείβεσθαι]].

[[serve at table]]: see [[serve up]].

[[serving his own illegal ends]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τῇ ἑαυτοῦ παρανομίᾳ ἐξυπηρετῶν]] (Lys. 122).

[[serve in an office]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἀρχὴν ἄρχειν]].

[[serve in turn]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀντιδουλεύειν]]; (dat.).

[[absolutely]], [[be a servant]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπηρετεῖν]], [[διακονεῖν]].

[[be a slave]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δουλεύειν]], [[θητεύειν]].

[[serve in the army]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στρατεύειν]]; (or mid.).

[[serve in a jury]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[δικάζειν]].

[[be enough]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀρκεῖν]], [[ἐξαρκεῖν]]; see [[suffice]].

[[serve as an example]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παράδειγμα ἔχειν]].

[[evils serve as an example to the good]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τὰ γὰρ κακὰ παραδεῖγμα τοῖς ἐσθλοῖσιν… ἔχει]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Electra]]'' 1084).

[[serve for]], [[do instead of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀντί τινος εἶναι]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μετρεῖν]], [[prose|P.]] [[διαμετρεῖν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκμετρεῖν]]; (or mid.) (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]] but rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[requite]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμείβεσθαι]], [[ἀμύνεσθαι]], [[ἀνταμύνεσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνταμείβεσθαι]]; see also [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συμβάλλεσθαι]]; (εἰς, acc., [[verse|V.]] [[gen]].).

[[help towards a result]]: [[prose|P.]] [[προφέρειν]] (εἰς, acc.).

[[serve up]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[παρατιθέναι]], [[verse|V.]] [[προτιθέναι]]; (also [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] in mid.).
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