μισθός
Alt. μισθός, οῦ, ὁ,
I. "wages, pay, hire", Hom., etc.; μισθῷ ἐπὶ ῥητῷ for fixed "wages", Il.; μισθοῖο τέλος the end "of our hired service", id=Il.; θητεύειν ἐπὶ μισθῷ Hdt.; μισθοῦ ἕνεκα for "pay or wages", Xen.; so in gen., μισθοῦ Soph., Xen.; μηνὸς μισθόν as a month's "pay", Thuc.
2. at Athens, "the pay" of the soldiers and sailors, id=Thuc., etc.:—also, μ. βουλευτικός "the pay" of the council of 500, a drachma to each for each day of sitting; μ. δικαστικός or ἡλιαστικός "the pay" of a dicast (at first "one obol", but from the time of Cleon "three)" for each day he sat on a jury; μ. συνηγορικός "the fee" of a public advocate, one drachma for each court-day; μ. ἐκκλησιαστικός "the fee" for attending the popular assembly.
3. a physician's "fee", Arist.
II. generally, "recompense, reward", Hom., etc.
2. in bad sense, "payment, requital", Trag.