ὀψώνιον, τό, (ὄψον, ὠνέομαι)
salary, reckoned in money, τό τε ὀ. καὶ σιτομετρίαν καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μετρήματα καὶ ὀ. corn- and
money-payments, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; φυλακιτῶν [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of a bank clerk, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; χωρὶς ὀψωνίων, of un
salaried services, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
2) a policeman's
pay, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; frequently a soldier's
pay, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]: so in
plural,
pay of an army, [
LXX+4th c.BC+]
3)
allowance paid to a victorious athlete, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
allowance or
scholarship paid to a music-student, προδοῦναί μοι τὸ ὀ. καὶ τὸ κατὰ μῆνα ἀνάλωμα [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
allowance to a son or daughter, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; to a slave, distinguished from ἱματις μός, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4)
wages of labour, τὰ σώματα ἐνοχλεῖ ἡμᾶς τὰ ὀ. ἀπαιτοῦντα [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀρτάβην κριθῆς εἰς λόγον ὀψωνίων [
Refs 3rd c.AD+] the
wages of sin, [
NT]
5) a magician's
fee, [
Refs]
6)
gratuity to tax-farmers, [
Refs]
7) ={ὄψον} [
Refs]
obsonium), τῶν ἀνηλωμάτων πάντων σίτου καὶ ὀψωνίων [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]—The word is rejected by [
Refs 4th c.BC+]