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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[receive wages]] or [[receive pay]], especially in the public service, [[serve for hire]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|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 [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''602; τὰ δημόσια μισθοφορέω χρήματα Id.''Ec.''206; μ. ἄλφιτα Id.''Pax''477; <b class="b3">μισθοφορέω τὰ τούτων</b> [[receive pay]] from their [[purse]], Lys.27.11.<br><span class="bld">b</span> freq. of mercenary soldiers, ''IG''12.99.22, Ar. ''Av.''1367, etc.; μισθοφορέω τισί [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.8.20; <b class="b3">παρά τινι</b> ib.3.2.25, D.23.149; <b class="b3">μ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδυνάτοις</b>, as if he were a [[pauper]], Aeschin.1.103; <b class="b3">μ. ἐν τῷ ξενικῷ κεναῖς χώραις</b>, i.e. to [[draw pay]] without filling up the vacancies, Id.3.146.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bring in rent]] or [[bring in profit]], <b class="b3">οἰκία μισθοφοροῦσα, ἀνδράποδα μισθοφοροῦντα</b>, Is.8.35; εἴ τῳ ζεῦγός ἐστιν ἢ ἀνδράποδον μισθοφοροῦν X.''Ath.'' 1.17:—Pass., to [[be let for hire]], Id.''Vect.''3.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> causal, [[engage for pay]], [[take into service]], στρατιὰν ἐπί τινα Phalar.''Ep.''186.2.