μισθαρχίδης
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A Son of a Placeman, Com. patronym. in Ar. Ach.597; cf. σπουδαρχίδης.
German (Pape)
[Seite 190] ὁ, wer nach solchen Aemtern strebt, für die man besoldet wird, Ar. Ach. 572, wie σπουδαρχίδης gebildet.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μισθαρχίδης: -ου, ὁ, (ἀρχή) ὁ κληρονομικὸς ὑποψήφιος εἰς μισθοδοτούμενα ὑπουργήματα, υἱὸς τοῦ ἐπὶ ἁδρᾷ πληρωμῇ κατέχοντος ὑπούργημά τι, κωμικὸν πατρωνυμικὸν ἐν Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 597· πρβλ. σπουδαρχίδης.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
qui recherche les fonctions lucratives.
Étymologie: μισθός, ἀρχή.
Greek Monolingual
μισθαρχίδης, ὁ (Α)
(κωμικό πατρων. στον Αριστοφ.) αυτός που επιδιώκει για τον εαυτό του τις εξουσίες και τα δημόσια αξιώματα τα οποία αμείβονται με μισθό («σὺ δ' ἐξ ὅτου περ πόλεμος μισθαρχίδης», Αριστοφ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μισθός + ἀρχή + κατάλ. -ίδης].
