δοῦλος
δοῦλος
δοῦλος, ὁ,
; -ίς ίδος, ἡ Anth.;
properly, a born bondman or slave, opp. to one made a slave (ἀνδράποδον) , Thuc.; then, generally, a bondman, slave, Hdt.: Hom. has only the fem. δούλη, ἡ, a bondwoman:—χρημάτων δ. slave to money, Eur.
as adj., δοῦλος, η, ον, slavish, servile, subject, Soph., etc.
τὸ δοῦλον οἱ δοῦλοι, Eur.: also = δουλεία, Eur.
deriv. uncertain