ἐπικαρπία
epikarpia
produce, crop
Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπικαρπία, ἡ, A. produce, crop, ἡ ἐπέτειος ἐ. Lg. 955d, cf. IG 12.328.11, Rev.Ét.Gr. 10.29 (Thespiae, iii B.C.). 2. harvest-rights, Tab.Heracl. 1.108, BGU 101.19 (ii A.D.); usufruct, αἱ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐ. 3.58. 3. revenue from property, Leg.Gort. 7.33; τὰς ἐκ ταύτης (sc. τῆς ὠνῆς ἐπικαρπίας . . ἐνενήκοντα μνᾶς ἐκλέξας having collected 90 minae as the revenue from this tax, 1.92. 4. profit, Pol. 1258b24; αἱ ἐ. the profits, opp. the principal (τὰ ἀρχαῖα), 27.50; ἐπικαρπίας λαμβάνειν 8.125; γῆθεν ἀναμένοντι τὴν ἐ. looking to the land for his profits, 133.3; ἡ ἐ. τῶν ἁδρῶν the profits on the full-grown animals, 20. 5. tithe paid for the pasturage of cattle, Oec. 1346a3. 6. metaph., παρρησίας ἐπικαρπίαι 39.10; κινδύνων 34.4; τοῦ πόνου NA 2.8.
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