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μισθός

misthos

hire

Appears 71 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μισθός, ὁ, A. hire, μισθῷ ἔπι ῥητῷ for fixed wages, Il. 21.445; μισθοῖο τέλος the end of our hired service, ib.450; μισθὸς . . εἰρημένος ἄρκιος ἔστω Hes. Op. 370; θητεύειν ἐπὶ μισθῷ παρά τινι Hdt. 8.137, cf. 5.65; πείθειν ἐπὶ μ. Id. 8.4; μισθοῦ ἕνεκα ὑπηρετεῖν X. An. 2.5.14: gen. μισθοῦ for hire, S. Tr. 560, Th. 4.124, 7.25, D. 19.94; μ. στρατεύεσθαι Plb. 3.109.6; μισθὸν δοῦναι, διδόναι, πορίζειν, E. Andr. 609, HF 19, Ar. Eq. 1019; ὡς ἐς ἑξήκοντα ναῦς μηνὸς μισθόν as a monthʼs pay, Th. 6.8; μισθοὺς μεγάλους ἔφερον Thgn. 434, cf. Ar. Ach. 66; μ. λαβεῖν Hdt. 8.117, E. IT 593, Th. 8.83; δέχεσθαι X. Ap. 16; φέρεσθαι Id. Oec. 1.4; μ. πράττεσθαι exact it, Pi. O. 10(11).29, Pl. Prt. 325b; μ. αἰτεῖν Id. R. 345e; hire, μ. ὄνων, πλοίου, PAmh. 2.126.11,37. b. esp. at Athens, pay, allowance for public service, μ. δικαστικός Sch.Ar. V. 299; μ. ἐκκλησιαστικός Luc. Dem.Enc. 25; ὁ τῆς πρυτανείας μ. pay received during the prytany, Aeschin. 1.123. 2. physicianʼs fee, μ. ἄρνυσθαι Arist. Pol. 1287a36. II. generally, recompense, reward, Il. 10.304, etc.; ἀρετῆς μ. Pl. R. 363d, cf. Ev.Matt. 5.12, etc. 2. in bad sense, requital, A. Ag. 1261, S. Ant. 221; μ. ἀνδρὶ δυσσεβεῖ E. Hipp. 1050. (Cf. Avest. mīˇžda-, Goth. mizdō, OSlav. mǐzda ‘pay’, OE. meord, méd ‘meed’.)
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