οἰκέτης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οἰκέτου, ὁ<br><span class="bld">A</span>, ([[οἶκος]]) [[household slave]], A.''Ch.''737, Hdt.6.137, 7.170, Antipho 1.30, Th.2.4; δημόσιος οἰ. τῆς πόλεως Aeschin.1.54.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">οἱ οἰκέται</b> also, = [[οἰκετεία]], [[household]], A.''Ag.''732 (lyr.), Hdt.8.4, 106,142, S.''Tr.''908, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.2.2: hence opp. [[δοῦλοι]], Pl.''Lg.''763a, 777a, 853e; διαφέρειν φησὶ Χρύσιππος δοῦλον οἰκέτου, διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἀπελευθέρους μὲν δούλους ἔτι εἶναι, οἰκέτας δὲ τοὺς μὴ τῆς κτήσεως ἀφειμένους ''Stoic.''3.86: but freq. synon. with [[δοῦλος]], Arist.''Pol.''1252b12, al., ''PLille'' 29.2 (iii B. C.), ''IG''5(1).1390.77 (Andania, i B. C.); δοῦλος μεῖζον οἰκέτου φρονῶν Men. 796.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[epithet]] of [[Apollo]], <b class="b3">ἱερέως… Καρνείου Βοικέτα [Β</b> = ϝ] ''IG''5(1).497, cf. 589,608 (Sparta). (Cf. [[οἰκότης]].)