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1 πενέσται
Grammatical information: m. pl., rarely sg.Meaning: `name of the serf population of Thessalia, as appellat. `serves, servants, poor farm labourers' (Att., Arist.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably] Illyr.Etymology: May be identical with the Illyr. PN Penestae (cf. also the Apenestae in Apulia), Fraenkel KZ 43, 193 n. 1 with Fick a.o.); cf. Bechtel, Dial. 1, 242. By the Ancients (cf. D. H. 2, 9) connected with πένης, πένομαι; on itself possible. Improb. Solmsen Wortforsch. 20: to Lat. penus, - oris `the interior of the house, of the Vestatempel', penātēs etc. as "those active in the house, erfs".Page in Frisk: 2,504Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πενέσται
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