Scaife ATLAS

πενέστης πενέστης, ου, ὁ, πένομαι a labourer, workman:—the πενέσται were the Thessalian serfs, ascripti glebae, Ar., Xen., etc. Like the Εἵλωτες in Laconia, they were orig. a conquered tribe, afterwards increased by prisoners of war, and formed a link between the freemen and the born slaves. generally, any slave or bondsman, Eur.:— a poor man, Ar.

ShortDef

a labourer, workman

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Headword:

πενέστης

Headword (normalized):

πενέστης

Headword (normalized/stripped):

πενεστης

IDX:

25402

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n25430

Key:

pene/sths

Data

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