μισθοφόρος

misthophoros

serving for hire

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28

1274a9
Book V 1
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16

1303b1
Rhetoric 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1399b2
1399b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

μισθοφόρος, ον, A. serving for hire or pay, μ. ἄνθρωποι D. 23.123; δικαστήρια Arist. Pol. 1274a9, Ath. 27.3; ἀνὴρ μ. ἐν λόγοις a mercenary in argument, Pl. Tht. 165d; μ. στρατιῶται Archestr. Fr. 61; μ. κληροῦχος PPetr. 3p.286 (iii B.C.); μ. ἱππεῖς PGrenf. 2.31.5 (ii B.C.); θανάτου μ. Antiph. 266. 2. μ. τριήρεις galleys manned with mercenaries, Ar. Eq. 555. II. Subst. μισθοφόροι, οἱ, mercenaries, Th. 1.35, al., X. HG 5.4.45, etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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