- θής
- θής, θητόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `serf, bondsman; hired labourer' (Od.); θᾶτας θῆτας (θάτας θύτας cod.), τοὺς δούλους. Κύπριοι H.; f. θῆσσα, Att. θῆττα (E., Posidipp.).Other forms: So orig. θᾱς, θᾱτ-.Derivatives: θητικός `belonging to a hired labourer, of a servant' (Lex. ap. D., Arist.), θητεύω `be a θ., work for wages' (Il.) with θητεία `wage-earning' (S., Isok.), θητεῖον `wages' (Ath.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unexplained. Against connection with θέω `run' (Brugmann IF 19, 388ff.) Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 87 n. 2. Acc. to Aßmann Glotta 9, 96 loanword from Westsemitic. S. E. Kretschmer Glotta 18, 79f. (on meaning etc.). - So orig. θᾱς, prob. Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,672-673
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.