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μεγαλόμισθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεγαλόμισθος μεγαλόμισθον

Structure: μεγαλομισθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. receiving high pay

Examples

  • σοῦ μέντοι καὶ θαυμάσαιμ̓ ἂν ἐπιτιμῶντόσ μου τῷ νυνὶ βίῳ, εἴ γε ἐπιτιμῴησ, ὃν πρὸ πολλοῦ ᾔδεισ ἐπὶ ῥητορικῇ δημοσίᾳ μεγίστασ μισθοφορὰσ ἐνεγκάμενον, ὁπότε κατὰ θέαν τοῦ ἑσπερίου Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ τὴν Κελτικὴν ἅμα ἐπιὼν ἐνέτυχεσ ἡμῖν τοῖσ μεγαλομίσθοισ τῶν σοφιστῶν ἐναριθμουμένοισ. (Lucian, Apologia 34:3)

Synonyms

  1. receiving high pay

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

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