subservient
From LSJ
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
subordinate, subject: P. and V. ὑπήκοος, ὑποχείριος.
ever subservient to the powers that be: V. ὑπὸ τοῖς δυναμένοισιν ὢν ἀεί (Euripides, Orestes 889).
slavish: P. and V. δοῦλος (Plato but rare P.); see slavish.
secondary: P. and V. πάρεργος, V. δεύτερος; see secondary.
conducive to: P. ὑπουργός (dat.) (Xen.).
