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ὑπόμισθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόμισθος ὑπόμισθον

Structure: ὑπομισθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. serving for pay, hired

Examples

  • εἰ δέ τισ ἀεὶ πένησ καὶ ἐνδεὴσ καὶ ὑπόμισθοσ ὢν οἰέται πενίαν αὐτῷ τούτῳ διαπεφευγέναι, οὐκ οἶδα πῶσ ὁ τοιοῦτοσ οὐκ ἂν δόξειεν ἑαυτὸν ἐξαπατᾶν. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 5:9)
  • καὶ αὐτὸσ μὲν ἔκεισο μεθύων ἤδη, κισσύβιον ἔχων ἐν τῇ χειρί, βινητιῶν Πολύφημοσ, νεανίασ δὲ ὑπόμισθοσ ὀρθὸν ἔχων τὸν μοχλὸν εὖ μάλα ἠκονημένον ἐπὶ σὲ Ὀδυσσεύσ τισ ἐπῄει ὡσ ἐκκόψων τὸν ὀφθαλμόν κἀκείνου μὲν ἅμαρτε, παραὶ δέ οἱ ἐτράπετ’ ἔγχοσ, αἰχμὴ δ’ ἐξεσύθη ^ παρὰ νείατον ἀνθερεῶνα. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 24:6)
  • ὥστε ὑπὸ τῶν κακῶν ἐπὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐσχατιὰν τραπόμενοσ ἐναψάμενοσ διφθέραν ἐργάζομαι τὴν γῆν ὑπόμισθοσ ὀβολῶν τεττάρων, τῇ ἐρημίᾳ καὶ τῇ δικέλλῃ προσφιλοσοφῶν. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. serving for 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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