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Headword:
Ἀγγαρεία
Adler number: alpha,162
Translated headword: compulsory labour, corvée
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Surely "of pack mules".[1]
Also [sc. attested is] ἀγγαρος : labourer, servant, porter; whence we speak of ἀγγαρεία [to describe] involuntary compulsion and service brought about by force.[2]
Greek Original:Ἀγγαρεία: λίαν ἀγγάρων ἡμιόνων. καὶ Ἄγγαρος: ἐργάτης, ὑπηρέτης, ἀχθοφόρος: ὅθεν ἀγγαρείαν ἀνάγκην ἀκούσιον λέγομεν καὶ ἐκ βίας γινομένην ὑπηρεσίαν.
Notes:
For the (unglossed) headword, again under
alpha 163, see generally LSJ s.v.; and cf.
alpha 164,
alpha 165 alpha 166.
[1] The force of
λίαν is not self-evident here, but see generally LSJ s.v. (The remainder of the phrase might be a quotation, from
Libanius, Oration 18.143.)
[2] Same or similar glossing in other lexica.
Translated by: Gregory Hays on 23 June 1999@13:06:05.
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