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|Definition=(A), Cret. [[δῶλος]] ''Leg.Gort.''1.1, al., ὁ:—prop.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[born]] [[bondman]] or [[born slave]], opp. [[one]] made a [[slave]], τὰ ἀνδράποδα πάντα καὶ δοῦλα καὶ ἐλεύθερα Th.8.28, cf. E.''IA''330: then, generally, [[bondman]], [[slave]], opp. [[δεσπότης]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]): not in Hom., who twice has fem. [[δούλη]], ἡ, [[bondwoman]], Il.3.409, Od.4.12, cf. A.''Ag.''1326, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.1.4, Pl.''R.'' 395e, etc.: freq. of Persians and other nations subject to a [[despot]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]], etc.; οὔ τινος δοῦλοι [[καλέω|κέκληνται]], of the [[Greeks]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''242: metaph., [[χρημάτων δοῦλος]] = [[slave]] to [[money]], E.''Hec.''865; so [[γνάθος|γνάθου]] τε δοῦλος [[νηδύς|νηδύος]] θ' [[ἡσσημένος]] = [[slave]] to his [[jaw]]s and [[belly]] Id.''Fr.'' 282.5; τῶν αἰεὶ ἀτόπων Th.3.38; λιχνειῶν, λαγνειῶν, X.''Oec.''1.22, cf. ''Mem.''1.3.11.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adj. (not in A.), [[δοῦλος]], [[δοῦλη]], [[δοῦλον]], [[slavish]], [[servile]], [[subject]], δ. [[πόλις]] [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''917, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.2.29; γνώμαισι δούλαις S.''Tr.''53; [[δοῦλον ἔχειν βίον]] ib.302; [[σῶμα δοῦλον]], opp. [[νοῦς]] [[ἐλεύθερος]], Id.''Fr.''940; τοὺς τρόπους δούλους [[παρασχεῖν]] E.''Supp.''877; δοῦλος [[θάνατος]], [[ζυγόν]], [[πούς]], Id.''Or.'' 1170, ''Tr.''678,507; δ. καὶ τυραννουμένη [[πόλις]] Pl.''R.''577d; [[δοῦλαι ἡδοναί]] = [[δουλοπρεπής|δουλοπρεπεῖς]], ib.587c, etc.: Comp. [[δουλότερος]] = [[more enslaved]], Αἴγυπτον δ. [[ποιεῖν]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[τὸ δοῦλον]] = [[οἱ δοῦλοι]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 983, etc.; also, [[slavery]], a [[slavish]] [[life]], ib.556 (troch.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ancillary]], δ. ἐπιστῆμαι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''996b11.<br><br>(B)· ἡ [[οἰκία]] ἢ τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ συνέλευσιν τῶν γυναικῶν, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; cf. [[δωλοδομεῖς]], [[δωλέννετος]].