enlist foreign troops, mercenaries
enlist foreign troops, esp. mercenaries, Isoc. 5.96, D. 40.36, Plb. 3.27.4, LXX 1 Ma. 4.35 ; ξ. ἐκ τᾶς Ἀσίας εἰς ἴδιον πόλεμον SIG 581.82 (Crete, ii B. C.) ; ξ. πλῆθος μισθοφόρων Plb. 1.9.6 :—Med., OGI 270.12 (Crete, iii B. C.) :—Pass., Plb. 14.7.5, al., CIG 2623 (Citium), J. AJ 13.4.9.
2 raise a contribution of
metaph., ξ. ἔλεον παρά τινων raise a contribution of pity, D.S. 34/5.2.39.