ἐπικαρπία

A. produce, crop, ἡ ἐπέτειος ἐ. Pl. Lg. 955d, cf. IG 12.328.11, Rev.Ét.Gr. 10.29 (Thespiae, iii B.C.).

2. . harvest-rights, Tab.Heracl. 1.108, BGU 101.19 (ii A.D.); usufruct, αἱ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐ. D.H. 3.58.

3. . revenue from property, Leg.Gort. 7.33; τὰς ἐκ ταύτης (sc. τῆς ὠνῆς) ἐπικαρπίας . . ἐνενήκοντα μνᾶς ἐκλέξας having collected 90 minae as the revenue from this tax, And. 1.92.

4. profit, Arist. Pol. 1258b24; αἱ ἐ. the profits, opp. the principal (τὰ ἀρχαῖα), D. 27.50; ἐπικαρπίας λαμβάνειν Isoc. 8.125; γῆθεν ἀναμένοντι τὴν ἐ. looking to the land for his profits, Com.Adesp. 133.3; ἡ ἐ. τῶν ἁδρῶν the profits on the full-grown animals, Antiph. 20.

5. . tithe paid for the pasturage of cattle, Arist. Oec. 1346a3.

6. . metaph., παρρησίας ἐπικαρπίαι D.C. 39.10; κινδύνων Onos. 34.4; τοῦ πόνου Ael. NA 2.8.