δουλ-εία, ἡ,
Ionic dialect δουλ-ηΐη [[ 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 114, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: also δουλία [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.75 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— slavery, bondage, [same places], [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 253 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δουλείας γάγγαμον, ζυγά, [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 360 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 944 (Lyric poetry); δ. καὶ ὑπηρεσία 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 602 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν κρεισσόνων δ. imposed by them, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8; ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 469c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; applied to the condition of the subject allies of Athens, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II collectively, slaves, δουλεύοντα δουλείαις ἐμαῖς [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 803 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢν.. ἡ δ. ἐπανιστῆται if the slave-class rise in rebellion, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23; ἡ Ἡρακλεωτῶν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 776d; τὰς.. Εἱλωτείας καὶ Πενεστείας καὶ δουλείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1264a36. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III service for hire, μισθὸν δουλείας [[ LXX.3Ki.5.6. ] LXX]