payment

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

act of paying: P. ἀπόδοσις, ἡ, δόσις, ἡ, φορά, ἡ, ἔκτισις, ἡ.

payment of wages: P. μισθοδοσία, ἡ.

pay: P. and V. μισθός, ὁ; see pay.

retribution: P. and V. τίσις, ἡ (Plato).

upon the dead man hath now fallen a bitter payment of blood for blood: V. αἷμα δ' αἵματος πικρὸς δανεισμὸς ἦλθε τῷ θανόντι νῦν (Euripides, Electra 857).