ὀψώνιον, τό,
(ὄψον, ὠνέομαι) salary, reckoned in money, τό τε ὀ. καὶ σιτομετρίαν καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον [[ “PCair.Zen.” 507.5, compare 421.6, 483.14, 498.5 (all 3rd c.BC); ἵνα ἡμῖν ὀ. προστεθῇ καὶ σιτάριον [prev. work] 49.4 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μετρήματα καὶ ὀ. corn- and money-payments, [[ “UPZ” 14.26 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; φυλακιτῶν [[ “PPetr.” 3p.230 (3rd c.BC) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of a bank clerk, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 342.6 (3rd c.BC): distinguished from γραμματικόν (bonus on turnover), “PStrassb.” 105.4 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; χωρὶς ὀψωνίων, of unsalaried services, [[ “Inscription Prien.” 121.34 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 a policeman's pay, [[ PLille 25.55 (3rd c.BC), “PFay.” 302 (2nd c.BC), “IG” 9(2).1109.27 (Thess., 2nd-1st c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; frequently a soldier's pay, [[ PStrassb. 103.16 (3rd c.BC), “PTheb.Bank” 6.7 (2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.39.12 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: so in plural, pay of an army, [[“Rev.Ét.Anc.” 33.8 (Theangela, 4th-3rd c.BC), “OGI” 229.106 (3rd c.BC), “SIG” 410.19 (3rd c.BC), 581.34 (2nd-1st c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.67.1, 3.25.4, LXX.1Mac.3.28, Aristeas 22. ] LXX+4th c.BC+]
__3 allowance paid to a victorious athlete, [[ “PRyl.” 153.25 (2nd c.AD), “CPHerm.” 54.7, +others (3rd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; allowance or scholarship paid to a music-student, προδοῦναί μοι τὸ ὀ. καὶ τὸ κατὰ μῆνα ἀνάλωμα [[ “PCair.Zen.” 440.6 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; allowance to a son or daughter, [[ “BGU” 665 ii 15 (1st c.AD), “POxy.” 898.31 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; to a slave, distinguished from ἱματις μός, [[ “PCair.Zen.” 28.6, 100.14 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]