μισθός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[hire]], <b class="b3">μισθῷ ἔπι ῥητῷ</b> for [[fixed]] [[wage]]s, Il.21.445; <b class="b3">μισθοῖο τέλος</b> the [[end]] [[of our hired service]], ib.450; μισθὸς… εἰρημένος ἄρκιος ἔστω Hes.''Op.''370; θητεύειν ἐπὶ μισθῷ παρά τινι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.137, cf. 5.65; πείθειν ἐπὶ μισθόν 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; <b class="b3">μισθὸν δοῦναι, μισθὸν διδόναι, μισθὸν πορίζειν</b>, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''609, ''HF''19, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]'' 1019; <b class="b3">ὡς ἐς ἑξήκοντα ναῦς μηνὸς μισθόν</b> as a [[month]]'s [[pay]], Th.6.8; μισθοὺς μεγάλους ἔφερον Thgn.434, cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''66; μισθὸν λαβεῖν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 8.117, E.''IT''593, Th.8.83; δέχεσθαι X.''Ap.''16; φέρεσθαι Id.''Oec.''1.4; <b class="b3">μισθὸν πράττεσθαι</b> [[exact]] it, Pi.''O.''10(11).29, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 325b; μισθὸν αἰτεῖν Id.''R.''345e; [[hire]], <b class="b3">μισθὸς ὄνων, μισθὸς πλοίου</b>, ''PAmh.''2.126.11,37.<br><span class="bld">b</span> esp. at Athens, [[pay]], [[allowance]] for public service, <b class="b3">μ. δικαστικός</b> Sch.Ar.''V.'' 299; μισθὸς [[ἐκκλησιαστικός]] Luc.''Dem.Enc.''25; <b class="b3">ὁ τῆς πρυτανείας μισθός</b> [[pay]] received during the [[prytany]], Aeschin.1.123.<br><span class="bld">2</span> physician's [[fee]], μισθὸν ἄρνυσθαι Arist.''Pol.''1287a36.<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[recompense]], [[reward]], Il.10.304, etc.; ἀρετῆς μισθός [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 363d, cf. ''Ev.Matt.''5.12, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, [[requital]], [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''1261, S.''Ant.''221; μ. ἀνδρὶ δυσσεβεῖ E. ''Hipp.''1050. (Cf. Avest. mīˇžda-, Goth. mizdō, OSlav. mǐzda '[[pay]]', OE. meord, méd 'meed'.)