Geta

according to Sir Walter Scott, the representative of a stock slave and rogue in the new comedy of Greece and Rome (? Getês ). The principal character, upon whose devices and ingenuity the whole plot usually turns, is the Geta of the piece—a witty, roguish, insinuating, and malignant slave, the confidant of a wild and extravagant son, whom he aids in his pious endeavors to cheat a suspicious, severe, and griping father.—Sir Walter Scott, The Drama .