Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μισθαρνία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μισθαρνία

Structure: μισθαρνι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from misqarnh/s

Sense

  1. an earning of wages

Declension

First declension

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.

Examples

  • οἱ γάρ ἐκ τῶν ἐργαστηρίων ἅπαντεσ ἀναπηδήσαντεσ ἐρήμουσ τὰσ τέχνασ ἐάσουσιν ὅταν ὁρῶσι σφᾶσ μέν, πονοῦντασ καὶ κάμνοντασ ἑώθεν ἐσ ἑσπέραν ἐπικεκυφότασ τοῖσ ἔργοισ, μόγισ ἀποζῶντασ ἐκ τῆσ τοιαύτησ μισθαρνίασ, ἀργοὺσ δὲ καὶ γόητασ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐν ἅπασιν ἀφθόνοισ βιοῦντασ, αἰτοῦντασ μὲν τυραννικῶσ, λαμβάνοντασ δὲ προχείρωσ, ἀγανακτοῦντασ δέ, εἰ μὴ λάβοιεν, οὐκ ἐπαινοῦντασ δέ, οὐδ’ εἰ λάβοιεν. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 17:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ μόνον, ὡσ ἐοίκε, μισθαρνίασ καθαρὸν ἑαυτὸν ἐπὶ τὰσ δίκασ καὶ τοὺσ ἀγῶνασ παρεῖχεν, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τὴν δόξαν ὡσ μέγιστον ἀγαπῶν ἐφαίνετο τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων ἀγώνων, πολὺ δὲ μᾶλλον ἐν ταῖσ μάχαισ ταῖσ πρὸσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ καὶ ταῖσ στρατείαισ βουλόμενοσ εὐδοκιμεῖν ἔτι μειράκιον ὢν τραυμάτων τὸ σῶμα μεστὸν ἐναντίων εἶχε. (Plutarch, Marcus Cato, chapter 1 5:1)

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

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