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A. in receipt of pay, hired, Th. 6.22; ξένοι Pl. Lg. 816e, al.; ἔ. τινος paid for a thing, Luc. Merc.Cond. 13; ἔ. τινα ποιεῖν to make him pensionary, παῖδας ὀρφανούς Plu. Alex. 71; ὅλην τὴν πόλιν Id. Per. 12.
2. of work, paid, ὀργάνων καὶ ἔργων γένεσις ἔ. Pl. Lg. 920e.
3. metaph., mercenary, εἰ ἔ. ἡ θεραπεία Ph. 2.19.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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