σύνδουλ-ος, ὁ, ἡ,
fellow-slave, masculine, [[ [prev. author = 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus] “Ion” 1109, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 745 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 32.8, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 331 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.56, NT.Matt.18.29, etc.; _feminine_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.134, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 65, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; also feminine συνδούλη, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.110, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 3.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically in NT, [[NT.Col.1.7, NT.Rev.6.11, +others] NT] (The statement of Moeris [[ p.273 P., ὁμόδουλος Ἀττικῶς, σύνδουλος Ἑλληνικῶς, is incorrect: 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.82 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+] distinguishes ς. 'slave of the same master' from ὁμόδουλος 'companion in slavery'.)