Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-09

tina the Eng is word ae.,
an CHlpt0yer or Undertok... mean
What de potic government, rort
one IN which the Wi. of the d.. lii
law it Is absurd to talk of nndap i
Or employer, III this case. and 81, aket
Greek scholar knows that if i 'o every
absurd to give this mean;no 'Iaali,
j: word despotes. '''ng to TIE
| But what say the authorities
C"!epln 'Doui">-Latia, scyrrs oass
! I"t SUI }trSs man est, sed afie,,' ,te.,
M s"f},ctt''r fhe English o s, y,
| -. A slave; that is. one who y. Ibis
| Own right has no existence. bn. hls
subsection to another as his rn In
inns looks plain; but hear him fms.e
The Gallo OF this word. he tal,a ne:.
$SIJ lco'n pare tn Eng ish se,,s u u
'eh@h, csciH'e; Itaiian, serr;t,sJ
Hpa'h~n. sierra; Anglo Saxon a ' ~"
scrUdnd. " "'aa
oaA7 Selrevelii. "Doulos-ser,, j.,
i3u'd''s l.rxicc'i hu~teri: Douios.
jones Il 2tcofi, Doulos. q sy,r ''o*'
%SFfG'f; doulc, u .fcnluie stare. H.
D''i.', ttt"&ttH $cFr0. u femaI.. sia'
73e?.ano N-YS Oonios, ser,n. a.
relative, desDytes, opposite. elcn,i a ny
we nave s,tn that desp0tes, tina r,,'
i''tiFe' ~ dDuIoS, MEATS :. ,,,u,t,x '.e'
@.'nNe II oWrscr, aud We know ,s sae
ef@>ifh"ro8 thN opposite OF n ..' u'S'
ul.i,us q .fr6eHlt2l. '''S,
'5a,fs'>'''- lays; Douie-onci,ya1at
~ '"f jt"fHff @f"'f.) Grove d.,lns
n STAR, q "c|FG'f. LiditH & $ M.
d"'los- Il stare. II bundn,on. str;'.,.'
one born 80; opposed to o,sdranndna,
= slave taken caitlve III way. from e.
idea ~ tie captive falling at the faas
o. lhe c'pt"T; do"tOs from dec. to him.,
Ihis Derivation Is put down rs oaI.
probable; and, in this view the lax;at'
grnp2,TS s"' III tt be- sustained by r..
its~of Ill dcl~iseve OF tue UNIVERSITY
ol Virginia, (oGe of the iighpst ~, ~
t''o'1'4ca Te know, vino holds ;hat tho
nrIgln Of d0ut0s Is not settled Tho
Persian word il 6e52dch. probabtv al;u
Ia cur wnr'l b0,adnlan.
Now dpzsjos not the only G-ooh
word fer slave" or servant" On
the contrary, the language is exceed.
'ug'y rich IN its variety, and most .rit-
IcNliy nice III its distinctions. TbeSo
a:c striking characteristics ot
che Greek language III general. and
eei,: n are they more clearly sbnwn
ii I'll III tae vatiesy OF word win
h.ch the tSreeks provided tiisns,. va.
f'ir tie expression of the various 10 Il.
;E%at!0G- al the idea contained in our
word @<}7G'1t. For exanple: -Iullra-
f1DtOH, L Save taken in VT; d,ui,s
oGc born & slave; doaieunu oue
bought with money; dJt,Iosaaos. one
en%iaTed; 0DH1rt"la, u little n we:
pas, slave by, or Young man:
i'aidion, young slave !ad; paidarlop'
Il young slave; ktema, slave property:
pAIdiske, IA slave girl.
Now here were evidently words
enough to choose from Gard we lave
not exhausted them) so that W, are NOT
to suppose that the wcrd d0ul,y WAS
used because IL approached the idea
to be conveyed. and for lack of IA word
20 e1pte 1t accItfatei Y. Such a sup
portion Is too violent to lie entertain
ed by any one who has any sort OF pre-
tensions to Greek scholarship.
Bat lest IT should be supposed that
the word doMiOS IS used ia some De-
cullar sense i'll the New Testament,
we may cite the following passages
from the Greek classics; and any one
who fce.z disposed, aud has the op-
may compare the passages.
The word dOuiOs, or some modification
II synonym of il, may be fouEd, We
l2iieve, IN Thucydides, 8: %; 4: 81;
;: 81; and 1; Is, Euripides, HccuJa,
$50; ibid, ION $50. Herodotus. TT;
81; 1874. ia Homer's Odyssey
= and 423 Further citations might
eadliy be made; but these are regard
d AS sufficient.
J. @. HIDEN.
Wilmington, n. C.