ἐπικαρπία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A produce, crop, ἡ ἐπέτειος ἐ. Pl.Lg.955d, cf. IG12.328.11, Rev.Ét.Gr.10.29 (Thespiae, iii B.C.).    2. harvest-rights, Tab.Heracl.1.108, BGU101.19 (ii A.D.); usufruct, αἱ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐ. D.H.3.58.    3. revenue from property, Leg.Gort.7.33; τὰς ἐκ ταύτης (sc. τῆς ὠνῆσ ἐπικαρπίας . . ἐνενήκοντα μνᾶς ἐκλέξας having collected 90 minae as the revenue from this tax, And.1.92.    4 profit, Arist.Pol.1258b24; αἱ ἐ. the profits, opp. the principal (τὰ ἀρχαῖα), D.27.50; ἐπικαρπίας λαμβάνειν Isoc.8.125; γῆθεν ἀναμένοντι τὴν ἐ. looking to the land for his profits, Com.Adesp.133.3; ἡ ἐ. τῶν ἁδρῶν the profits on the full-grown animals, Antiph.20.    5. tithe paid for the pasturage of cattle, Arist.Oec.1346a3.    6. metaph., παρρησίας ἐπικαρπίαι D.C.39.10; κινδύνων Onos.34.4; τοῦ πόνου Ael. NA2.8.