slave
slave
subs.
P. and V. δοῦλος, ὁ, V. δούλευμα, τό.
Familiarly: P. and V. παῖς, ὁ or ἡ (Soph. Trach. 54), Ar. and P. παιδίσκη, ἡ.
Young slave: Ar. and P. παιδά̆ριον, τό.
Public slave: Ar. and P. δημόσιος, ὁ.
Slave taken in war: Ar. and P. ἀνδρά̆ποδον, τό, Ar. and V. δμώς, ὁ.
Female slave: P. and V. δούλη, ἡ.
Taken in war: V. δμώη, ἡ (also Xen. but rare P.), δμωί̆ς, ἡ.
Servant: P. and V. ὑ̆πηρέτης, ὁ ; see servant.
Be a slave to: P. and V. δουλεύειν (dat.), λατρεύειν (dat.).
A slave to: Met., P. and V. δοῦλος (gen.), ἥσσων (gen.), ἡσσημένος (gen.).
Like a slave, adj.: V. ἀντί̆δουλος.
Unprotected by slaves: V. ἄ̆δουλος.
subs.
P. and V. δοῦλος, ὁ, V. δούλευμα, τό.
Familiarly: P. and V. παῖς, ὁ or ἡ (Soph. Trach. 54), Ar. and P. παιδίσκη, ἡ.
Young slave: Ar. and P. παιδά̆ριον, τό.
Public slave: Ar. and P. δημόσιος, ὁ.
Slave taken in war: Ar. and P. ἀνδρά̆ποδον, τό, Ar. and V. δμώς, ὁ.
Female slave: P. and V. δούλη, ἡ.
Taken in war: V. δμώη, ἡ (also Xen. but rare P.), δμωί̆ς, ἡ.
Servant: P. and V. ὑ̆πηρέτης, ὁ ; see servant.
Be a slave to: P. and V. δουλεύειν (dat.), λατρεύειν (dat.).
A slave to: Met., P. and V. δοῦλος (gen.), ἥσσων (gen.), ἡσσημένος (gen.).
Like a slave, adj.: V. ἀντί̆δουλος.
Unprotected by slaves: V. ἄ̆δουλος.
SLAVE
servus: verna (born-slave): mancipium (slave by purchase or prisoner taken in war): famulus (as attendant): puer (as waiting-boy): minister (as waiter). The slaves servi; servitia; also servitium; corpora servilia; mancipia: young slaves (i.e. recently bought) venales novitii: the slaves of a family familia: to be a slave servum esse; in servitute esse (servitutem servire rare and forced): to be anybody’s slave servire alicui or apud aliquem: to make anybody one’s slave aliquem in servitutem redigere; alicui servitutem injungere; aliquem servitute afficere: to sell anybody for a slave aliquem sub corona vendere: to be sold for a slave sub corona vendi: a runaway slave fugitivus.
Figuratively The slave of lust servus libidinum: to be the slave of anybody or anything servum esse alicujus or alicujus rei; servum esse potestatis alicujus; alicui rei obedire: to be the slave of sensual pleasures voluptatum esse ministrum; corporis voluptatibus se dedisse; voluptatibus obedire (Cic.).
servus: verna (born-slave): mancipium (slave by purchase or prisoner taken in war): famulus (as attendant): puer (as waiting-boy): minister (as waiter). The slaves servi; servitia; also servitium; corpora servilia; mancipia: young slaves (i.e. recently bought) venales novitii: the slaves of a family familia: to be a slave servum esse; in servitute esse (servitutem servire rare and forced): to be anybody’s slave servire alicui or apud aliquem: to make anybody one’s slave aliquem in servitutem redigere; alicui servitutem injungere; aliquem servitute afficere: to sell anybody for a slave aliquem sub corona vendere: to be sold for a slave sub corona vendi: a runaway slave fugitivus.
Figuratively The slave of lust servus libidinum: to be the slave of anybody or anything servum esse alicujus or alicujus rei; servum esse potestatis alicujus; alicui rei obedire: to be the slave of sensual pleasures voluptatum esse ministrum; corporis voluptatibus se dedisse; voluptatibus obedire (Cic.).
slave (subs.):
1. servus, f., -a (but see No. 6): a s., the child of a female s., s. servaque natus, Liv. 1, 47: a public s., s. publicus, Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24: a runaway s., fugitivus (sc. servus: cf. Vatin. in Cic. Fam. 5, 9), Hor. S. 2, 5, 16. Fig.: to be the s. of lusts, libidinum s. esse, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12: we are the s.s of law in order that we may be able to be free, legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus, id. Clu. 53, 146. Dimin.: servulus, id. Caecin. 20, 58: f., -a, id. Att. 1, 12: [Tert. has serviculus].
2. verna, comm. (a home-born s.): saucy s.s., v. procaces, Hor. S. 2, 6, 66: a s. boy, verna puer, id. ib. 1, 2, 117: Pl. Dimin.: vernula, Juv. 10, 117.
3. fămŭlus, f. -a, Virg. (esp. freq. in poet.: a domestic): opp. to herus, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24. Fig.: virtue is the s. of fortune, virtus est f. fortunae, id. Tusc. 5, 1, 2. Join: ministra et f., id. ib. 1, 31, 75.
4. mancĭpium (a s. obtained by a peculiar form of purchase: v. Dict. Antiq.): s.s bought for money, m. argento parata, Liv. 41, 6, ad fin.: Hor.: Cic.
5. puer, ĕri (a boy, attendant): Hor. Od. 1, 38, 1: Cic.
6. ancilla (a female slave: far more freq. than serva: fig. it is also applied to men): male and female s.s love this man, hunc servi a.que amant, Cic. Verr. 3, 4, 8: Fufidius, a vile s., the disgrace of all posts of honour, Fufidius, a. turpis, honorum omnium dehonestamentum, Sall. H. 1, 15. Dimin.: ancillula, Sen. Ep. 47, 17.
7. expr. by certain collective words: (i.) fămĭlia (the domestics): the s.s of Mars, f. Martis, Cic. Clu. 15, 43: s.s for sale, f. venalis, Pollio in Quint. 7, 2, 26: so also famulatio, App.: famulitium, Macr. (ii.) servĭtium: such are s.s now-a-days, ita nunc s. est, Pl. Curc. 2, 3, 21: Cic. Coel. 32, 78. (iii.) servĭtus: Hor. Od. 2, 8, 18. (iv.) vēnālĭcia, s.s, Ulp. Dig. 28, 8, 5.
8. expr. by words indicating his special office or condition: an under s., vicarius, Cic. Verr. 1, 36, 93: f. -a, Inscr.: a s. of all work, mĕdiastīnus, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 14: a s. who tells the names of those he meets, nōmenclātor, Cic. Mur. 36, 77: an old s., veterator, Venul. Dig. 21, 1, 65: a s. for sale, venalis, Cic. Verr. 5, 56, 146: novitius, Quint. 8, 2, 8: a fellow s., conservus, Cic. Fam. 12, 3, 2: f. -a, Pl.: Ov. Dimin.: conservula, Sen.: the husband or wife of a slave, contubernalis, Col.: the cohabitation of s.s was called contubernium, id. Phr.: to sell as a s., sub corona vendere, Caes. B. G. 3, 16 (from the old custom of selling captives). a band of s.s, manus servilis, Hor. Ep. 4, 19. vernacula multitudo, Tac. A. 1, 31. a revolt of the s.s, tumultus servilis, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: the private property of a s., peculium, v. Dict. Antiq.
1. servus, f., -a (but see No. 6): a s., the child of a female s., s. servaque natus, Liv. 1, 47: a public s., s. publicus, Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24: a runaway s., fugitivus (sc. servus: cf. Vatin. in Cic. Fam. 5, 9), Hor. S. 2, 5, 16. Fig.: to be the s. of lusts, libidinum s. esse, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12: we are the s.s of law in order that we may be able to be free, legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus, id. Clu. 53, 146. Dimin.: servulus, id. Caecin. 20, 58: f., -a, id. Att. 1, 12: [Tert. has serviculus].
2. verna, comm. (a home-born s.): saucy s.s., v. procaces, Hor. S. 2, 6, 66: a s. boy, verna puer, id. ib. 1, 2, 117: Pl. Dimin.: vernula, Juv. 10, 117.
3. fămŭlus, f. -a, Virg. (esp. freq. in poet.: a domestic): opp. to herus, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 24. Fig.: virtue is the s. of fortune, virtus est f. fortunae, id. Tusc. 5, 1, 2. Join: ministra et f., id. ib. 1, 31, 75.
4. mancĭpium (a s. obtained by a peculiar form of purchase: v. Dict. Antiq.): s.s bought for money, m. argento parata, Liv. 41, 6, ad fin.: Hor.: Cic.
5. puer, ĕri (a boy, attendant): Hor. Od. 1, 38, 1: Cic.
6. ancilla (a female slave: far more freq. than serva: fig. it is also applied to men): male and female s.s love this man, hunc servi a.que amant, Cic. Verr. 3, 4, 8: Fufidius, a vile s., the disgrace of all posts of honour, Fufidius, a. turpis, honorum omnium dehonestamentum, Sall. H. 1, 15. Dimin.: ancillula, Sen. Ep. 47, 17.
7. expr. by certain collective words: (i.) fămĭlia (the domestics): the s.s of Mars, f. Martis, Cic. Clu. 15, 43: s.s for sale, f. venalis, Pollio in Quint. 7, 2, 26: so also famulatio, App.: famulitium, Macr. (ii.) servĭtium: such are s.s now-a-days, ita nunc s. est, Pl. Curc. 2, 3, 21: Cic. Coel. 32, 78. (iii.) servĭtus: Hor. Od. 2, 8, 18. (iv.) vēnālĭcia, s.s, Ulp. Dig. 28, 8, 5.
8. expr. by words indicating his special office or condition: an under s., vicarius, Cic. Verr. 1, 36, 93: f. -a, Inscr.: a s. of all work, mĕdiastīnus, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 14: a s. who tells the names of those he meets, nōmenclātor, Cic. Mur. 36, 77: an old s., veterator, Venul. Dig. 21, 1, 65: a s. for sale, venalis, Cic. Verr. 5, 56, 146: novitius, Quint. 8, 2, 8: a fellow s., conservus, Cic. Fam. 12, 3, 2: f. -a, Pl.: Ov. Dimin.: conservula, Sen.: the husband or wife of a slave, contubernalis, Col.: the cohabitation of s.s was called contubernium, id. Phr.: to sell as a s., sub corona vendere, Caes. B. G. 3, 16 (from the old custom of selling captives). a band of s.s, manus servilis, Hor. Ep. 4, 19. vernacula multitudo, Tac. A. 1, 31. a revolt of the s.s, tumultus servilis, Caes. B. G. 1, 40: the private property of a s., peculium, v. Dict. Antiq.
slave (v.): sūdo, 1: Cic.: v. SWEAT , TOIL .
slave, to be a: servio, 4: to be the s. of lust, s. libidini, Sen. Ep. 47, 17: to be a s. for ever, s. aeternum, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 41: Cic. Phr.: to be the s. of pleasure, voluptatibus obedire, Cic. Rep. 6, 26; se dedere, id. ib.. v GIVE ONESELF UP TO .
slave
Slaves
- bartered before invention of coined money: Paus. 3.12.3
- fair held for sale of slaves: Paus. 10.32.15
- slaves of a god: Paus. 10.32.12
- inviolate in sanctuary of Hebe at Phlius: Paus. 2.13.4
- runaway slaves obtain priesthood of Artemis at Aricia by victory in single combat: Paus. 2.27.4
- armed by Telesilla: Paus. 2.20.9
- freed by Athenians before battle of Marathon: Paus. 7.15.7, and by Achaean general Diaeus in war with Romans, Paus. 7.15.7, Paus. 7.16.8
- fought at Marathon and buried there: Paus. 1.32.3
- honoured with public burial: Paus. 1.29.7
- employed in war by Messenians: Paus. 4.7.3
Slave
See servus.