μισθαρνέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
μισθαρνέω
Structure:
μισθαρνέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to work or serve for hire, for pay
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καλοῦσι δὲ καὶ τὰσ μισθαρνούσασ ἑταίρασ καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ συνουσίαισ μισθαρνεῖν ἑταιρεῖν, οὐκ ἔτι πρὸσ τὸ ἔτυμον ἀναφέροντεσ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ τὸ εὐσχημονέστερον, καθὸ δὴ καὶ Μένανδροσ ἐν Παρακαταθήκῃ ἀπὸ τῶν ἑταιρῶν τοὺσ ἑταίρουσ διαστέλλων φησί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 28 3:5)
- ἡγοῦνται γάρ, ἂν μὲν ὑμεῖσ ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐκ μιᾶσ γνώμησ Φίλιππον ἀμύνησθε, κἀκείνου κρατήσειν ὑμᾶσ καὶ αὑτοῖσ οὐκέτ’ ἔσεσθαι μισθαρνεῖν, ἂν δ’ ἀπὸ τῶν πρώτων θορύβων αἰτιασάμενοί τινασ πρὸσ τὸ κρίνειν τράπησθε, αὐτοὶ μὲν τούτων κατηγοροῦντεσ ἀμφότερ’ ἕξειν, καὶ παρ’ ὑμῖν εὐδοκιμήσειν καὶ παρ’ ἐκείνου χρήματα λήψεσθαι, ὑμᾶσ δ’ ὑπὲρ ὧν δεῖ παρὰ τούτων δίκην λαβεῖν, παρὰ τῶν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν εἰρηκότων λήψεσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 68:1)
- πῶσ γὰρ ὁ μισθαρνεῖν εἰθισμένοσ οὐδὲν ἑταίρασ σεμνότερον, δικάσαι μὴ ῥυπαρῶσ δύναται; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 48 1:1)
- διόπερ ῥᾷόν ἐστι καὶ ἀσφαλέστερον ἀεὶ τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ ὑπηρετοῦντα μισθαρνεῖν ἢ τὴν ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἑλόμενον τάξιν πολιτεύεσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 205:5)
- ἐπειδὴ δ’ ἃ μήποτ’ ὤφελεν συνέβη, καὶ οὐκέτι συμβούλων ἀλλὰ τῶν τοῖσ ἐπιταττομένοισ ὑπηρετούντων καὶ τῶν κατὰ τῆσ πατρίδοσ μισθαρνεῖν ἑτοίμων καὶ τῶν κολακεύειν ἕτερον βουλομένων ἐξέτασισ ἦν, τηνικαῦτα σὺ καὶ τούτων ἕκαστοσ ἐν τάξει καὶ μέγασ καὶ λαμπρὸσ ἱπποτρόφοσ, ἐγὼ δ’ ἀσθενήσ, ὁμολογῶ, ἀλλ’ εὔνουσ μᾶλλον ὑμῶν τουτοισί. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 446:2)
Synonyms
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to work or serve for hire