A.hired servant, and in fem. handmaid, Thgn.302, 486, S.Tr.70, E.Supp.639, Supp.Epigr. 1.405B1 (Samos, iii A.D.); “Ἑρμῆν . . δαιμόνων λάτριν” E.Ion4; ἡμιγύναικα θεῆς λάτριν ὃς . . [Simon.] 179.9; of slaves, E.IA868 (troch.): fem., Id.Hec.609; ἡ θεῶν λ. handmaid of the gods, Id.HF823; τὴν Ἀπόλλωνος λ., of Cassandra, Id.Tr.450 (troch.), cf. Phld.Piet.91: metaph., μίτου πολυδινέα λ., of the spindle, AP6.39 (Arch.); Φοίβου λ., of the raven, ib.9.272 (Bianor).
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