ὀψώνιον,τό, (ὄψον, ὠνέομαι)
A. salary, reckoned in money, τό τε ὀ. καὶ σιτομετρίαν καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον
PCair.Zen. 507.5
, cf. 421.6 , 483.14 , 498.5 (alliii B. C.);ἵνα ἡμῖν ὀ. προστεθῇ καὶ σιτάριονib. 49.4
(iii B. C.);μετρήματα καὶ ὀ. corn- andmoney-payments, UPZ 14.26
(ii B. C.); φυλακιτῶν
PPetr. 3p.230
(iii B. C.); of a bank clerk, PCair.Zen. 342.6
(iii B. C.): distd. fromγραμματικόν(bonus on turnover), PStrassb. 105.4
(iii B. C.);χωρὶς ὀψωνίων, of unsalariedservices, Inscr.Prien. 121.34
(i B. C.).
2. a policeman'spay,
PLille 25.55
(iii B. C.), PFay. 302
(ii B. C.), IG 9(2).1109.27 (Thess.,ii/i B. C.); freq. a soldier'spay,