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ὑπηρετέω

ὑπηρετέω, to do service on board ship, to do rower’s service

ὑπηρετ-έω, fut. -ήσω Alex. (v. infr.), etc.: plpf. ὑπηρετήκειν X. HG 3.3.9:—
  • prop. do service on board ship, as a rower (cf. ὑπηρέτης, ὑπηρεσία), SIG 524.33,47 (Praesus, iii B. C.):—Pass., πλοῖον ὑπὸ δύο ἀνθρώπων ὑπηρετεῖσθαι δυνάμενον D.S. 2.55.
    • II to be a servant, do service, S. El. 996, Ph. 990; opp. ἄρχω, Ar. V. 518 (troch.); τοὺς διὰ φόβον ὑ. X. Hier. 1.38.
      • 2 c. dat., minister to, serve, τῷ παρόντι δαίμονι S. El. 1306, cf. E. Ph. 1708, Th. 4.108, etc.; ὑ. τῷ χρηστηρίῳ submit to its ruling, Hdt. 8.41, cf. Pl. Lg. 914a; ἔργοις ἀνοσίοις ὑ. S. OC 283; [νόμῳ, λόγῳ], Lys. 2.19; ὑ. τοῖς τρόποις humour his ways, Ar. Ra. 1432; τῷδʼ ὑ. λόγῳ second, support it, E. Med. 588; ὢν ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου τύχαις ὑπηρετήσω Alex. 150.
      • 3 ὑ. τινὶ εἴς or πρός τι, Hdt. 1.109, X. Eq. 8.7, etc.; also ὑ. τινί τι serve one in a thing, οἷς σὺ ταῦθʼ ὑπηρετεῖς S. Ph. 1024, cf. Ar. Pl. 979, Pl. Smp. 196c, X. Cyr. 5.1.20, D. 18.138, 59.35.
        • b in financial sense, τὸν δὲ ταμίαν εἰς τὸ ἀνάλωμα ὑπηρετῆσαι Supp.Epigr. 1.351.30 (Samos, iv B. C.), cf. 363.43 (ibid., iii B. C.), Inscr.Prien. 3 (iv B. C.), 18 (iii B. C.), al.
        • c at Athens, serve as ὑπηρέτης of the Council, D. 19.70.
        • d in the Mithraic cult, to be a ὑπηρέτης or servitor, Rev.Hist.Rel. 109.63 (Rome).
        • e render military service, BGU 180.14, 613.23 (both ii A. D.).
      • 4 abs., serve, be subordinate, opp. προστάττω, Arist. Top. 129a13; ἡ ὑπηρετοῦσα ἐπιστήμη Id. Metaph. 982b5: c. neut. pl. of Adj., etc., τὰ λοίφʼ ὑ. help in what remains to be done, S. Ph. 15; ὑ. τὰ περὶ τὸν πόλεμον Pl. R. 467a; and with cogn. acc., ὑ. τὰς διακονικὰς πράξεις Arist. Pol. 1277a36:—Pass., to be done as service, τὰ ἀπʼ ἡμέων ἐς ὑμέας ὑπηρετέεται Hdt. 4.139; χρὴ σὴ τό γε ἐμὸν ὑπηρετέεσθαι that my service should be rendered, Id. 1.108; ἢν τὰ παρʼ ὑμῶν ὑπηρετῆται Isoc. 3.63; τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸ ὑπηρετηθέν Arist. EE 1243a16, cf. X. HG 5.2.34.—The Med. occurs in late texts, as Hld. 7.19, al., and Alciphr. 1.11, dub. in Supp.Epigr. 1.327.19 (Callatis, i A. D.); τὸ -ούμενον the retinue, Memn. 2.4; fut. -ήσομαι POxy. 58.24 (iii A. D.); but in S. El. 1306, ὑπηρετοίην was rightly restored by Musgrave and Elmsl. for -οίμην.

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