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δουλ-εία , ἡ, Ion. δουλ-ηΐη Anacr.114, Hdt.6.12: also δουλία Pi.P.1.75:—
A.slavery, bondage, ll. cc., A.Th.253; δουλείας γάγγαμον, ζυγά, Id.Ag.360(anap.), S.Aj.944(lyr.); “δ. καὶ ὑπηρεσία” Ar.V.602; ἡ τῶν κρεισσόνων δ. imposed by them, Th.1.8; “ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων δ.” Pl.R.469c; applied to the condition of the subject allies of Athens, Th.5.9.
II. collectively, slaves, “δουλεύοντα δουλείαις ἐμαῖς” E.Ba.803; ἢν . . ἡ δ. ἐπανιστῆται if the slave-class rise in rebellion, Th.5.23; “ἡ Ἡρακλεωτῶν δ.” Pl.Lg.776d; “τὰς . . Εἱλωτείας καὶ Πενεστείας καὶ δουλείας” Arist. Pol.1264a36.
III. service for hire, “μισθὸν δουλείας” LXX 3 Ki.5.6.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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