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▪ I. thete Gr. Antiq.|θiːt|
[ad. Gr. θής, θητ-, orig. a villein, slave.]
In ancient Athens, by the constitution of Solon, a free man of the lowest class, whose property in land was assessed at less than 150 medimni.
1652L. S. People's Liberty ix. 17 Such whose revenue amounted not to so much as 200 measures of aride and liquide fruicts (who were called Thetes). 1846Grote Greece i. xx. II. 131 Poor freemen called Thetes, working for hire. Ibid. 132 The condition of a slave under an average master may have been as good as that of the free Thête.
▪ II. thete
variant of theat. |