ὑπηρέτ-ης,ου,ὁ, (ἐρέτης) Dor.
ὑπηρέτας
IG 42(1).122.40 , 112 (Epid.,iv B. C.), SIG 1000.31 (Cos,i B. C.):—
A. rower, τοὶ ὑ. τᾶν μακρᾶν ναῶν SIGl. c. (dub. sens.).
II. underling, servant, attendant,
Hdt. 3.63 , 5.111 ; δοῦλοι καὶ πάντες ὑ.
Pl. Plt. 289c
;ὑ. [τῆς πόλεως], opp.ἄρχων,
Id. R. 552b ; ἡ πόλις εἰς ὑπηρέτου σχῆμα . . προελήλυθεν
D. 23.210
;τῶν ἰατρῶν, τῶν δικαστῶν ὑ.,
Pl. Lg. 720a , 873b ; used in Trag. and Att. to express all kinds ofsubordinaterelations, as Hermes isὑ. θεῶν,
A. Pr. 954 , cf. 983 ; the Delphians areΦοίβου ὑπηρέται,
S. OT 712 ; Neoptolemus isὑ.to Odysseus, Id. Ph. 53 ; theαὐλόςisὑ.to the Chorus, Pratin.Lyr. 1.7 : sts. c. dat., τῷ θεῷ ὑ.