ἔρῑθος,ὁ,ἡ,
A. day-labourer, hired servant ;ofmowersorreapers,
Il. 18.550 , 560 ; laterἔριθοι,αἱ, spinstersandweavers, workers in wool(prob. because popularly derived fromἔριον), D. 57.45 , Theoc. 15.80 ; ἐρίων ἔριθοι
PHib. 1.121.34
(iii B.C.); of spiders, πάντα δ' ἐρίθων ἀραχνᾶν βρίθει
S. Fr. 286
, cf. Philostr. Im. 2.28 .
II. metaph.,servant, minister, τλήμων γαστρὸς ἔριθος, = crepitus ventris,
h.Merc. 296 ;Ἔρις ..νίκης κασιγνήτη καὶ ἔ.Timo 21.2 ;ὕπνον νυκτὸς ἔ.Epic.Anon.in BKT 5(1)p . 70 .