ὑπηρέτης

Definitions

• An Ancient Greek title, originally for a rower; In later times a title for those who performed any service in a vessel, except the soldiers or marines
• Any person who acted as the assistant of another, and performed manual labour for him, whether in sacred or profane things; a slave.
• A title for men by whom the hoplites (ὁπλίτης (ὁπλίτης)) were accompanied when they took the field, and who carried the luggage, the provisions, and the shield of the hoplites. (The more common name for this servant of the hoplites was σκευοφόρος (σκευοφόρος).)