θητικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> of or for a [[hireling]], [[menial]], ἔργον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1367a31</span>; [[βάναυσος]] ἢ θ. [[βίος]] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1278a21</span>; θητικωτέρα [[ἐργασία]] ib.<span class="bibl">1341b14</span>; <b class="b3">θητικόν καὶ δουλικὸν πράττειν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1337b21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[τὸ θητικόν]] = <b class="b3">οἱ θῆτες</b>, the class of [[θῆτες]], ib.<span class="bibl">1274a21</span>,al.; <b class="b3">θ. τελεῖν</b> [[pay]] on the [[assessment]] of a [[θής]] at Athens, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ath.</span> 7.4</span>, Lex ap.<span class="bibl">D.43.54</span>; <b class="b3">θ. τέλος</b> Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>7.4</span>; [[τὸ θητικόν]] in an army, [[servant]]s, [[camp-follower]]s, etc., <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>2.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> like a [[θής]], [[servile]], <b class="b3">πάντες οἱ κόλακες θ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1125a2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Fug.</span>12</span>.</span>