A.receive wages or pay, esp. in the public service, serve for hire, Ar.Av.584, V.683, X.Oec.1.4, etc.; “δημοτικὸν τὸ μισθοφορεῖν πάντας” Arist.Pol.1317b35; “παρά τινος” Luc.Apol.11: c. acc. rei, receive as pay, “τρεῖς δραχμάς” Ar.Ach.602; “τὰ δημόσια μ. χρήματα” Id.Ec.206; “μ. ἄλφιτα” Id.Pax477; μ. τὰ τούτων receive pay from their purse, Lys.27.11.
b. freq. of mercenary soldiers, IG12.99.22, Ar. Av.1367, etc.; “μ. τισί” X.Cyr.8.8.20; παρά τινι ib.3.2.25, D.23.149; μ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδυνάτοις, as if he were a pauper, Aeschin.1.103; μ. ἐν τῷ ξενικῷ κεναῖς χώραις, i.e. to draw pay without filling up the vacancies, Id.3.146.
2. bring in rent or profit, οἰκία -φοροῦσα, ἀνδράποδα -φοροῦντα, Is.8.35; “εἴ τῳ ζεῦγός ἐστιν ἢ ἀνδράποδον -φοροῦν” X.Ath. 1.17:—Pass., to be let for hire, Id.Vect.3.5.