A.to be a slave, Hdt.2.56, And.1.138, Pl.Lg. 777d, etc.; “παρά τινι” D.18.129: c. acc. cogn., “δουλείαν δ.” X.Mem.3.12.2, Pl.Smp.183a, al.
2. serve, be subject, “τό τ᾽ ἄρχειν καὶ τὸ δ. δίχα” A.Pr.927, etc.; δ. ζεύγλαις ib.463; “τοῖς ἄρχουσι καὶ τοῖς νόμοις” Pl.Lg.698b; “ἡδονῇ” Id.Phdr.238e, etc.; δ. γαστρί, ὕπνῳ, λαγνείᾳ, X. Mem.1.6.8; κεναῖς δόξαις Polystr.p.29 W.; τῇ γῇ δ. make oneself a slave to one's land, i. e. give up rights that one may keep it, Th.1.81; so “δ. τῇ κτήσει αὐτοῦ” Pl.R.494d; “δουλεύομεν δόξαισιν” Philem.93.8; δ. τῷ καιρῷ accommodate oneself to the occasion, AP9.441 (Pall.); “θυμῷ” Hdn.1.17.6.
3. render a service, “τινά” PLond.5.1727.11 (vi A. D.).
