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δοῦλος (A), Cret. δῶλος Leg.Gort.1.1, al., :—prop.
A.born bondman or slave, opp. one made a slave,τὰ ἀνδράποδα πάντα καὶ δοῦλα καὶ ἐλεύθεραTh.8.28, cf. E.IA330: then, generally, bondman, slave, opp. δεσπότης (q. v.): not in Hom., who twice has fem. δούλη , , 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 ἀτόπωνTh.3.38; λιχνειῶν, λαγνειῶν, X.Oec.1.22, cf. Mem.1.3.11.
2. τὸ δ., = οἱ δοῦλοι, E.Ion983, etc.; also, slavery, a slavish life, ib.556 (troch.).
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