ἀργυρισμός
δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A getting money, Str.7.3.7, Ph.1.145, al., D.C.59.15; ἀργυρισμοῦ πρόφασιν OGI669.37 (Egypt, i A.D.); ἐπ' ἀργυρισμῷ Sammelb.4416.11 (ii A.D.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀργῠρισμός: ὁ, (ἀργυρίζομαι) χρηματισμός, ἀργυρολογία, τοὺς ἥκιστα ἐν τοῖς συμβολαίοις καὶ τῷ ἀργυρισμῷ ζῶντας Στράβ. 300· τρίτην τοιαύτην ἀφορμὴν ἀργυρισμοῦ ἐπενόησε Δίων Κ. 59. 15· οὐδὲν οὐδὲ… τῶν ἀτιμοτάτων ἐπ’ ἀργυρισμῷ παραλείπουσα ὁ αὐτ. 60. 32· συχν. παρὰ Φίλωνι, ἀργυρισμοῦ πρόφασιν καταλείπων ἑαυτῷ Ἐπιγρ. Αἰγ. ἐν Συλλογ. Ἐπιγρ. 4957. 37.
