A.serf, bondsman, “θῆτές τε δμῶές τε” Od.4.644; later, hired labourer, “θῆτά τ᾽ ἄοικον ποιεῖσθαι” Hes.Op.602; “μισθωτοὺς καὶ θῆτας” Pl.Plt.290a; βάναυσοι καὶ θ. (opp. δοῦλοι) Arist.Pol.1278a13.
2. at Athens, members of the fourth class in the constitution of Solon, IG12.45, Arist.Ath.7.3, Th.6.43, Poll.3.82.
3. v. θάτας.