Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπόμισθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόμισθος ὑπόμισθον

Structure: ὑπομισθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. serving for pay, hired

Examples

  • οὐκ ἀπορήσουσι δὲ οἱ κατηγοροῦντεσ καὶ ἄλλων παραδειγμάτων ἐπὶ σέ, ἀλλ̓ οἱ μὲν τοῖσ τραγικοῖσ ὑποκριταῖσ εἰκάσουσιν, οἳ ἐπὶ μὲν τῆσ σκηνῆσ Ἀγαμέμνων ἕκαστοσ αὐτῶν ἢ Κρέων ἢ αὐτὸσ Ἡρακλῆσ εἰσιν, ἔξω δὲ Πῶλοσ ἢ Ἀριστόδημοσ ἀποθέμενοι τὰ προσωπεῖα γίγνονται ὑπόμισθοι τραγῳδοῦντεσ, ἐκπίπτοντεσ καὶ συριττόμενοι, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ μαστιγούμενοί τινεσ αὐτῶν, ὡσ ἂν τῷ θεάτρῳ δοκῇ· (Lucian, Apologia 13:2)

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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