A.born bondman or slave, opp. one made a slave, “τὰ ἀνδράποδα πάντα καὶ δοῦλα καὶ ἐλεύθερα” Th.8.28, cf. E.IA330: then, generally, bondman, slave, opp. δεσπότης (q. v.): not in Hom., who twice has fem. δούλη , ἡ, bondwoman, Il.3.409, Od.4.12, cf. A.Ag.1326, X.Cyr.5.1.4, Pl.R. 395e, etc.: freq. of Persians and other nations subject to a despot, Hdt., etc.; οὔ τινος δοῦλοι κέκληνται, of the Greeks, A.Pers.242: metaph., χρημάτων δ. slaves to money, E.Hec.865; so “γνάθου δ.” Id.Fr. 282.5; “τῶν αἰεὶ ἀτόπων” Th.3.38; λιχνειῶν, λαγνειῶν, X.Oec.1.22, cf. Mem.1.3.11.
II. Adj. (not in A.), δοῦλος, η, ον, slavish, servile, subject, “δ. πόλις” S.OC917, X.Mem.4.2.29; “γνώμαισι δούλαις” S.Tr.53; δ. ἔχειν βίον ib.302; σῶμα δ., opp. νοῦς ἐλεύθερος, Id.Fr.940; “τοὺς τρόπους δούλους παρασχεῖν” E.Supp.877; δ. θάνατος, ζυγόν, πούς, Id.Or. 1170, Tr.678,507; “δ. καὶ τυραννουμένη πόλις” Pl.R.577d; δ. ἡδοναί, = δουλοπρεπεῖς, ib.587c, etc.: Comp. δουλότερος more enslaved, “Αἴγυπτον δ. ποιεῖν” Hdt.7.7.
3. ancillary, “δ. ἐπιστῆμαι” Arist. Metaph.996b11.