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|Definition=ου, ὁ, (ἐρέτης) Dor. ὑπηρέτας <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).122.40,112 (Epid., iv B. C.), <span class="title">SIG</span>1000.31 (Cos, i B. C.):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">rower</b>, <b class="b3">τοὶ ὑ. τᾶν μακρᾶν ναῶν</b> <span class="title">SIG</span> l. c. (dub. sens.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">underling, servant, attendant</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.63</span>, <span class="bibl">5.111</span>; δοῦλοι καὶ πάντες ὑ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>289c</span>; <b class="b3">ὑ. [τῆς πόλεως</b>], opp. <b class="b3">ἄρχων</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>552b</span>; ἡ πόλις εἰς ὑπηρέτου σχῆμα . . προελήλυθεν <span class="bibl">D.23.210</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν ἰατρῶν, τῶν δικαστῶν ὑ</b>., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>720a</span>, <span class="bibl">873b</span>; used in Trag. and Att. to express all kinds of <b class="b2">subordinate</b> relations, as Hermes is <b class="b3">ὑ. θεῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>954</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">983</span>; the Delphians are <b class="b3">Φοίβου ὑπηρέται</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>712</span>; Neoptolemus is <b class="b3">ὑ</b>. to Odysseus, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>53</span>; the <b class="b3">αὐλός</b> is <b class="b3">ὑ</b>. to the Chorus, Pratin.Lyr.<span class="bibl">1.7</span>: sts. c. dat., τῷ θεῷ ὑ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>773e</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖς νόμοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">715c</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1287a21</span>; also οἱ περὶ τυράννους καὶ πόλεις ὑ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>426</span>; opp. <b class="b3">οἰκέτης</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.10.3</span>: c. gen. objecti, <b class="b3">ὑ. παντὸς ἔργου</b> <b class="b2">a helper in</b> every work, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>1.9.18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> at Athens, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">a</span> <b class="b2">the servant who attended each man-at-arms</b> (ὁπλίτης) to carry his baggage, rations, and shield, <span class="bibl">Th.3.17</span>; sts. light-armed as slingers or bowmen, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 1186</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ὁ τῶν ἕνδεκα ὑ</b>. the <b class="b2">assistant</b> of the Eleven, employed in executions of state-criminals, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>116b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.54</span>, <span class="bibl">2.4.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> a <b class="b2">petty officer</b> of the Council, <span class="title">IG</span>12.879 (pl.), <span class="title">Hesperia</span> 3.63 (iv B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> pl., <b class="b2">staff-officers in immediate attendance on the general, aides-de-camp, adjutants</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.4</span>, <span class="bibl">6.2.13</span>, etc.: sg., <span class="bibl">D. 50.31</span>; also, <b class="b2">officer attached to</b> <b class="b3">τάξις, σύνταγμα</b>, or <b class="b3">ἑκατονταρχία</b>, Ascl. <span class="title">Tact.</span>2.9, 6.3, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>9.4</span>, <span class="bibl">16.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>10.4</span>,<span class="bibl">14.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">servitor</b> in the cult of Mithras, <span class="title">Rev.Hist.Rel.</span>109.64 (Rome).</span>

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