θής,θητός,ὁ ,
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, IG 12.45 , Arist. Ath. 7.3 , Th. 6.43 , Poll. 3.82 .
3.
v. θάτας.
II. fem.θῆσσα, later Att.
θῆττα,ἡ,hired servant-girl, opp.ἐπίκληρος, Posidipp. 35 ; θ. γυνή
A.R. 1.193
, cf. Ant.Lib. 25.3 .
2. asAdj.,=θητική, θῆσσα τράπεζα menialfare, E. Alc. 2 ; θ. ἑστία