...noted that the word oojua alone was not sufficiently explicit for legal use, although, as stated above, it sometimes appears singly with the meaning of "slave" in the loose usage of classical authors. During the Roman period, as Straus 37 has noted, an attempt was made in papyri to...

...5 ton soma andreion and soma gynaikeionl: 'Soma alone was not sufficiently explicit for legal use. although it sometimes appears singly with the meaning of 'slave' in the loose usage of the classical authors.' 86. E. Levy. 'Libertas and Civitas'. 7MG. 78 t l96l l. pp. l42-72. l45. quoted by Finley....