Ἀρνυμένη
gaining
Translated by Jennifer Benedict31 Jul 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning she who is] exchanging. "For each [girl] wished to live, stranger, without any reproach and gaining a living from her own hands."1
Also [sc. attested is the related infinitive]a)/rnusqai ["to gain"], [meaning] to exchange. Whence also the [verb] misqarnei=n ["to earn a wage"] is said [to be] to take a salary in exchange for something. But [a)/rnusqai ] stands for procuring and for maintaining. Thus Plato [sc. uses the word].2
Also [sc. attested is the related infinitive]