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ἑταῖρος

ἑταῖρος, ἑταῖρος, ἑταίρου, ὁ, companion

ἑταῖρ-ος, Ep. and Dor. also ἕτᾰρος, Cleobul. ap. D.L. 1.93, A. Pers. 988 (lyr.), ὁ:—
  • comrade, companion, in Hom. esp. of the followers of a chief, comrades-in-arms, Il. 1.179, al.; messmate, 17.577; fellow-slave, Od. 14.407, al.: joined with ἀνήρ, 8.584, Hdt. 5.95, Antipho 1.18; later, as a term of address, φίλʼ ἑταῖρε Thgn. 753, cf. Pl. Grg. 482a; ὦταῖρε Scol. ap. Ar. V. 1238, cf. Ev.Matt. 20.13, al.: c. gen., δᾳιτὸς ἑταῖρε partner of my feast, h.Merc. 436; νυκτὸς ἑ. ib. 290; πόσιος καὶ βρώσιος ἑταῖροι mess mates, Thgn. 115; ἑ. ἐν πρήγματι Id. 116.
      • 2 metaph., of things, ἐσθλὸς ἑταῖρος, of a fair wind, Od. 11.7, 12.149; φθόνος κενεοφρόνων ἑ. Pi. Fr. 212; γέλως ἑ. ὕβρεων Plu. QConv. 2.622b: c. dat., βίον..τὸν σοφοῖς ἕταρον AP 7.470 (Mel.).
      • 3 pupil, disciple, e.g. of Socrates, X. Mem. 2.8.1, al., cf. Arist. Pol. 1274a28; Λεύκιππος καὶ ὁ ἑ. αὐτοῦ Δημόκριτος Id. Metaph. 985b4: pl., fellow-pupils, Poll. 4.45.
      • 4 of political partisans (cf. ἑταιρεία I.2), Lys. 12.43, Th. 8.48; οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν ἑ. his club-mates, D. 21.20.
      • 5 members of a religious guild, OGI 573.1 (Cilicia, Jewish).
      • 6 rarely of lovers, Semon. 7.49, Ar. Ec. 912 (lyr.).
      • 7 ἑταῖροι, οἱ, the guards, i.e. the cavalry of the Macedonian kings, Theopomp.Hist. 217, Anaximen.Lamps. ap. Harp. s.v. πεζέταιρος, Arr. An. 3.16.11, etc.; to be distinguished from the kingʼs immediate retinue (cf. supr. I), Theopomp. l.c., Arr. An. 2.12.6, al.; of the Comites of the Roman Emperor, Βαρβίλλῳ τῷ ἐμῷ ἑτέρῳ (sic) PLond. 1912.105 (Epist. Claudii), cf. SIG 798.6 (Cyzicus, i A. D., pl.).
      • 8 as Adj., associate of, τὸ ἐπιθυμητικὸν ἡδονῶν ἑ. Pl. R. 439d: Sup., τοῖς σεαυτοῦ ἑταιροτάτοις your closest companions, Id. Grg. 487d, cf. Phd. 89e, D.Chr. 1.44; σαργῶν γένος πέτρῃσιν ἑ. constant to the rocks, Opp. H. 4.267: abs., of animals, gregarious, Id. C. 2.325.
    • II ἑταίρα, Ion. ἑταίρη, Ep. ἑτάρη [ᾰ], ἡ, companion, Ἔρις..Ἄρεος..κασιγνήτη ἑτάρη τε Il. 4.441; Λάτω καὶ Νιόβα μάλα μὲν φίλαι ἦσαν ἔ. Sapph. 31, cf. 11; φύζα, φόβου κρυόεντος ἑ. Il. 9.2; φόρμιγξ.. ἣν ἄρα δαιτὶ θεοὶ ποίησαν ἑ. Od. 17.271, cf. h.Merc. 478; Νίκην, ἣ χορικῶν ἐστιν ἑ. Ar. Eq. 589; μιμητικὴ..τῷ ἐν ἡμῖν ἑ. καὶ φίλη ἐστί Pl. R. 603b; Ποσειδάωνος ἑ., of a submerged city, Call. Del. 101.
      • 2 courtesan, Hdt. 2.134, Ar. Pl. 149, Ath. 13.567a, 571d, etc.; opp. πόρνη (a common prostitute), Anaxil. 22.1; opp. γαμετή, Philetaer. 5; Ἀφροδίτη ἑ. Apollod.Hist. 17.

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