ε2907Ἐργολάβος
contractor; profit-maker
The meaning we normally think it right to give to this word, using e)rgola/bos to denote a person who receives a wage for certain services and works with the collaboration of other employees, is not the same the orators…
Ἐργολάβος· οὐκ ὥσπερ ἐν τῇ συνηθείᾳ δοκοῦμεν ἐργολάβον καλεῖν τὸν ὑπέρ τινων ἔργων μισθὸν λαμβάνοντα καὶ ἔχοντα τοὺς συνεργαζομένους, οὕτω καὶ οἱ ῥήτορες ἐξεδέξαντο τὸν ἐργολάβον·…
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