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ἔμμισθος

emmisthos

in receipt of pay, hired

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔμμισθος, ον, A. in receipt of pay, hired, Th. 6.22; ξένοι Pl. Lg. 816e, al.; ἔ. τινος paid for a thing, Luc. Merc.Cond. 13; ἔ. τινα ποιεῖν to make him pensionary, παῖδας ὀρφανούς Plu. Alex. 71; ὅλην τὴν πόλιν Id. Per. 12. 2. of work, paid, ὀργάνων καὶ ἔργων γένεσις ἔ. Pl. Lg. 920e. 3. metaph., mercenary, εἰ ἔ. ἡ θεραπεία Ph. 2.19.
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