μισθόδωρος
From LSJ
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
ον,
A giving wages or pay, Eubulid.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 190] = μισθοδότης, Eubu lides bei Ath. X, 437 d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μισθόδωρος: -ον, ὁ δίδων μισθὸν μετὰ δώρων, Χοῶν δέει τῶν μισθοδώρων, «τῇ ἑορτῇ τῶν Χοῶν ἔθος ἐστὶν Ἀθήνησι πέμπεσθαι δῶρά τε καὶ τοὺς μισθοὺς τοῖς σοφισταῖς» (Ἀθήν. 437D), Εὐβουλίδης ἐν «Κωμασταῖς» 1.
