οἰκετεία
From LSJ
ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A household of slaves, Str.14.5.2, Luc.Merc.Cond.15, IPE12.32B15 (Olbia), PTeb.285.6 (iii A. D.) :—later written οἰκετία, Epict.Ench.33.7. 2 servitude, Aristeas 14, al., J.AJ8.6.3. 3 slave population, Str.5.1.12, IGRom.4.1692.54 (Elaea).
German (Pape)
[Seite 299] ἡ, Hausgesinde, Dienerschaft, Luc. Merc. cond. 15; VLL.
