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Headword: Θῆσσαν
Adler number: theta,359
Translated headword: hired servant-girl
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A wage-earning [female], or a cheap [one], or a servile means of support.
Greek Original:
Θῆσσαν: μισθωτικήν, ἢ εὐτελῆ, ἢ δουλικὴν τροφήν.
Notes:
Accusative case of the headword (see again under theta 365), similarly glossed in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere. For the last of the glosses cf. Euripides, Alcestis 2 with scholion.
For other x-refs see under theta 358.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; gender and sexuality; tragedy; women
Translated by: Ryan Stone on 23 February 2008@23:15:53.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified tr; notes; another keyword) on 24 February 2008@08:42:36.


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