λάτρον
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Λάτρις· ὁ ἐπιμίσθιος· τὸν γὰρ μισθὸν λάτρον ἔλεγον· νῦν δὲ καὶ ὁ δοῦλος.
Translation (En)
Latris "servant", the hired man. Because they used to call the wages latron. Now it also means "slave"
Parallels
Herodian, Περὶ κλίσεως ὀνομάτων, Lentz III/2, p. 701 (καὶ λάτρις λάτριδος παρὰ τὸ λάτρον καὶ εὖνις εὔνιδος παρὰ τὸ εὐνή ἡ κοίτη); Choeroboscus, Prolegomena et scholia in Theodosii Alexandrini canones isagogicos de flexione nominum, p. 199 (τὸ δὲ λάτρις λάτριδος παρὰ τὸ λάτρον ἐστί (λάτρον δὲ λέγεται ὁ μισθὸς καὶ λάτρις ὁ <ἐπὶ> μισθῷ δουλεύων), τὸ δὲ εὖνις εὔνιδος παρὰ τὸ εὐνή ἐστίν, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν κοίτην); Choeroboscus, Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 192 (Λατρεύειν, παρὰ τὸ λατρεύω, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ λάτρις, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ λάτρον, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν ἐν τῷ μισθῷ δουλείαν, τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ ΛΑ ἐπιτατικὸν καὶ τὸ ΤΡΩ τὸ καρτερῶ); Etym. Genuinum, lambda 41 (Λάτρις: ὁ μισθῷ δουλεύων. λάτρον γὰρ ὁ μισθός. ἢ παρὰ τὸ ΛΑ ἐπιτατικὸν καὶ τὸ τρεῖν, ὅ ἐστιν τὸ φοβεῖσθαι); Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 4, p. 535 (Ὡς δὲ καὶ λάτρον ὁ ῥηθεὶς μισθὸς ἐλέγετο, δηλοῦσιν οἱ παλαιοί. ὅθεν καὶ λάτρις, ὡς ἐν τοῖς τοῦ γραμματικοῦ Ἀριστοφάνους κεῖται, ὁ ἐπιμίσθιος. ἀλλ’ ὅμως, φησίν, ἐπὶ δούλων τέτακται); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 557 (Λάτρις: Ὁ ἐπὶ μισθῷ δουλεύων· λάτρον γὰρ ὁ μισθός· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ΛΑ ἐπιτατικὸν μόριον, καὶ τὸ τρεῖν τὸ φοβεῖσθαι. Ἔστι δὲ ἀρσενικὸν καὶ θηλυκόν); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, lambda, p. 1282 (Λάτρις. ὁ μισθῷ δουλεύων. λάτρον γὰρ ὁ μισθός. ἢ παρὰ τὸ λα ἐπιτατικὸν καὶ τρεῖν, ὅ ἐστι φοβεῖσθαι)
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Correct derivational etymology.