Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔμμισθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμμισθος ἔμμισθον

Structure: ἐμμισθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)n

Sense

  1. in pay, in receipt of pay, hired

Examples

  • τῶν δὲ τεθνηκότων τοὺσ παῖδασ ὀρφανοὺσ ὄντασ ἐμμίσθουσ ἐποίησεν. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 71 5:2)
  • ἐμμίσθουσ δ’ ἀκροάσεισ ποιεῖσθαι· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. z'. AISXINHS 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. in pay

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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