μισθοφορέω
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
A receive wages or pay, esp. in the public service, serve for hire, Ar.Av.584, V.683, X.Oec.1.4, etc.; δημοτικὸν τὸ μισθοφορεῖν πάντας Arist.Pol.1317b35; παρά τινος Luc.Apol.11: c. acc. rei, receive as pay, τρεῖς δραχμάς Ar.Ach.602; τὰ δημόσια μ. χρήματα Id.Ec.206; μ. ἄλφιτα Id.Pax477; μ. τὰ τούτων receive pay from their purse, Lys.27.11. b freq. of mercenary soldiers, IG12.99.22, Ar. Av.1367, etc.; μ. τισί X.Cyr.8.8.20; παρά τινι ib.3.2.25, D.23.149; μ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδυνάτοις, as if he were a pauper, Aeschin.1.103; μ. ἐν τῷ ξενικῷ κεναῖς χώραις, i.e. to draw pay without filling up the vacancies, Id.3.146. 2 bring in rent or profit, οἰκία -φοροῦσα, ἀνδράποδα -φοροῦντα, Is.8.35; εἴ τῳ ζεῦγός ἐστιν ἢ ἀνδράποδον -φοροῦν X.Ath. 1.17:—Pass., to be let for hire, Id.Vect.3.5. II causal, engage for pay, take into service, στρατιὰν ἐπί τινα Phalar.Ep.186.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 190] ein μισθοφόρος sein, Lohn, Sold davontragen, erhalten; Ar. Ach. 577 u. öfter; τὰ δημόσια χρήματα, Eccl. 206; ὡς οὔτε μισθοφορητέον εἴη ἄλλους ἢ τοὺς στρατευομένους, Thuc. 8, 65; τινί, Xen. Cyr. 8, 8, 20; παρά τινι, 3, 2, 26, wie Pol. 1, 7, 2 u. a. Sp.; οἰκία μισθοφοροῦσα, das Miethe einbringt, Isae. 8, 35.
