a day-labourer, hired servant of any sort; in (Iliad by Homer), ἔριθοι are mowers or reapers : later, ἔριθοι, αἱ, spinsters, workers in wool , (Demosthenes Orator) derivation uncertain (ML)
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G7505 — ἔριθος
erithos · wool worker · Greek