μισθοφορέω
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
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.
