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συνέριθος

συνέριθος, a helpmate

συνέρῑθος, ἡ,
  • fellow-worker, helpmate, esp. one who is hired to assist in domestic work, as spinning or sewing, Od. 6.32, PEnteux. 30.3 (iii B.C.), AP 9.89 (Phil.), etc.; Μοῦσα . . μήτʼ ἔλθῃς σ. αὐτοῖς Ar. Pax 786 (lyr.); Κύπρις σ. ἀέθλων A.R. 3.942; σ. τέχναι assistant arts, Pl. R. 533d; ὅσαι ταύταις εἰσὶ σ. τέχναι Id. Lg. 889d: less freq. as masc. Adj., σ. ἄτρακτος AP 7.726 (Leon.); λύχνος συνέριθος ὀδυνάων Musae. 11.

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