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