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λάτρις

λάτρις, a workman for hire, hired servant

λάτρ-ις, ιος, ὁ and ἡ,
  • hired servant, and in fem. handmaid, Thgn. 302, 486, S. Tr. 70, E. Supp. 639, Supp.Epigr. 1.405B1 (Samos, iii A.D.); Ἑρμῆν . . δαιμόνων λάτριν E. Ion 4; ἡμιγύναικα θεῆς λάτριν ὃς . . [Simon.] 179.9; of slaves, E. IA 868 (troch.): fem., Id. Hec. 609; ἡ θεῶν λ. handmaid of the gods, Id. HF 823; τὴν Ἀπόλλωνος λ., of Cassandra, Id. Tr. 450 (troch.), cf. Phld. Piet. 91: metaph., μίτου πολυδινέα λ., of the spindle, AP 6.39 (Arch.); Φοίβου λ., of the raven, ib. 9.272 (Bianor).

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