ὑπηρέτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
(ἐρέτης) Doric dialect ὑπηρέτας [[ “IG” 42(1).122.40,112 (Epid., 4th c.BC), “SIG” 1000.31 (Cos, 1st c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:— rower, τοὶ ὑ. τᾶν μακρᾶν ναῶν [[ “SIG” [prev. cited] (uncertain meaning). ] Refs]
__II underling, servant, attendant, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.63, 5.111; δοῦλοι καὶ πάντες ὑ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 289c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. [τῆς πόλεως], opposed to ἄρχων, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 552b; ἡ πόλις εἰς ὑπηρέτου σχῆμα.. προελήλυθεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.210 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν ἰατρῶν, τῶν δικαστῶν ὑ., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 720a, 873b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; used in Trag. and Attic dialect to express all kinds of subordinate relations, as Hermes is ὑ. θεῶν, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 954, compare 983 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; the Delphians are Φοίβου ὑπηρέται, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 712 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Neoptolemus is ὑ. to Odysseus, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 53; the αὐλός is ὑ. to the Chorus, Pratin.Lyric poetry 1.7 ] Refs]: sometimes with dative, τῷ θεῷ ὑ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 773e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς νόμοις[[ [prev. work] 715c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287a21; also οἱ περὶ τυράννους καὶ πόλεις ὑ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 426 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to οἰκέτης, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.10.3: with _genitive_ objecti, ὑ. παντὸς ἔργου] Refs 5th c.BC+] a helper in every work, [[ [prev. author] “An.” 1.9.18. ] Refs]
__II.2 at Athens,
__II.2.a the servant who attended each man-at-arms (ὁπλίτης) to carry his baggage, rations, and shield, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes light-armed as slingers or bowmen, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1186. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]