ἑταιρ-εία, ἡ,
also ἑταιρία, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1072, 1079, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 365d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.259, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272b34, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect ἑταιρ-ηΐη: (ἑταῖρος):— association, brotherhood, τῶν ἡλικιωτέων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71; ἑ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.54 (_plural_); μαρτύρων συνεστῶσ᾽ ἑ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.139; αἱ βόες νέμονται καθ᾽ ἑταιρείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 611a7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a social group in Crete, [[ “Leg.Gort.” 10.38. ] Refs]
__2 at Athens and elsewhere, political club or union for party purposes, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 8.6 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, “Comica Adespota” 22.31 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.55, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.79 (_plural_); -ίας συνάξομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 365d; σπουδαὶ ἑταιριῶν ἐπ᾽ ἀρχάς [prev. author] “Tht.” 173d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; at Carthage, τὰ συσσίτια τῶν ἑ., compared to the φιδίτια at Sparta, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272b34, compare 1305b32. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 = Latin collegium, ἑταιρία Ἰουλιανή, = collegium Lupercorum Juliorum, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 44.6. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II generally, friendly connexion, friendship, comradeship, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 118, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 683, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1072, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.51 (from Adaeus) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἔχθρα, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.23. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]