θεράπων
I. "a waiting-man, attendant", Od., etc.; differing from δοῦλος, as implying "free service;" and in Hom. "a companion in arms", though inferior in rank; as Patroclus is "the companion or esquire" of Achilles; Meriones of Idomeneus, Il.; so "the charioteer" is ἡνίοχος θεράπων; kings were Διὸς θεράποντες; warriors θεράποντες Ἄρηος, etc.:—c. dat., οἶκος ξένοισι θεράπων "devoted to the service of" its guests, Pind.
II. later, simply, "a servant", Hdt.:—in Chios, θεράποντες was the name for their slaves, Thuc.