The corpus record

μισθοφορ-έω

misthophoreo

receive wages

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Where it lives

Against Epicrates and his Fellow-envoys 1 · 13.35/10k
On the Accession of Alexander 1 · 5.6/10k
On the Public Fund 1 · 4.33/10k
Acharnians 3 · 4.22/10k
On the Navy-Boards 1 · 3.89/10k
Ecclesiazusae 2 · 2.62/10k
Ways and Means 1 · 2.62/10k
Third Philippic 1 · 2.35/10k
Birds 2 · 1.88/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Athenian Constitution 2 · 1.23/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μισθοφορ-έω · misthophor-eō — LSJ

receive wages, pay, serve for hire, receive as pay, receive pay

receive wages or pay, esp. in the public service, serve for hire, Ar. Av. 584, V. 683, X. Oec. 1.4, etc.; δημοτικὸν τὸ μισθοφορεῖν πάντας Arist. Pol. 1317b35; παρά τινος Luc. Apol. 11: c. acc. rei, receive as pay, τρεῖς δραχμάς Ar. Ach. 602; τὰ δημόσια μ. χρήματα Id. Ec. 206; μ. ἄλφιτα Id. Pax 477; μ. τὰ τούτων receive pay from their purse, Lys. 27.11.

b draw pay

freq. of mercenary soldiers, IG 1(2).99.22, Ar. Av. 1367, etc.; μ. τισί X. Cyr. 8.8.20; παρά τινι ib. 3.2.25, D. 23.149; μ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδυνάτοις, as if he were a pauper, Aeschin. 1.103; μ. ἐν τῷ ξενικῷ κεναῖς χώραις, i.e. to draw pay without filling up the vacancies, Id. 3.146.

2 bring in rent, profit, to be let for hire

bring in rent or profit, οἰκία -φοροῦσα, ἀνδράποδα -φοροῦντα, Is. 8.35; εἴ τῳ ζεῦγός ἐστιν ἢ ἀνδράποδον -φοροῦν X. Ath. 1.17:—Pass., to be let for hire, Id. Vect. 3.5.

II engage for pay, take into service

causal, engage for pay, take into service, στρατιὰν ἐπί τινα Phalar. Ep. 186.2.

In the wild

μισθοφοροῦντας · misthophorountas Aristophanes, Acharnians 2 (DIORISIS sentence 468)
μισθοφορῇ · misthophorēi Aristophanes, Acharnians 2 (DIORISIS sentence 479)
μισθοφορεῖν · misthophorein Aristophanes, Acharnians 2 (DIORISIS sentence 470)
μισθοφορῶν · misthophorōn Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 1001)
μισθοφορεῖ · misthophorei Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 476)
μισθοφορεῖν · misthophorein Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 185 (DIORISIS sentence 140)

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