A.association, brotherhood, “τῶν ἡλικιωτέων” Hdt. 5.71 ; “ἑ. ποιεῖσθαι” Isoc.3.54 (pl.) ; “μαρτύρων συνεστῶσ᾽ ἑ.” D.21.139 ; “αἱ βόες νέμονται καθ᾽ ἑταιρείας” Arist.HA611a7 ; of a social group in Crete, Leg.Gort.10.38.
2. at Athens and elsewhere, political club or union for party purposes, Eup.8.6 D., Com.Adesp.22.31 D., Th.3.82, Lys.12.55, Isoc.4.79 (pl.); “-ίας συνάξομεν” Pl.R.365d ; “σπουδαὶ ἑταιριῶν ἐπ᾽ ἀρχάς” Id.Tht.173d ; at Carthage, τὰ συσσίτια τῶν ἑ., compared to the φιδίτια at Sparta, Arist.Pol.1272b34, cf. 1305b32.