χωρὶς ὀψωνίων

ὀψώνιον, τό, ([etym.] 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 (all iii B. C.); ἵνα ἡμῖν ὀ. προστεθῇ καὶ σιτάριον ib.49.4 (iii B. C.); μετρήματα καὶ ὀ. corn- and money-payments, UPZ14.26 (ii B. C.);

φυλακιτῶν PPetr.3p.230

(iii B. C.); of a bank clerk, PCair.Zen.342.6 (iii B. C.): distd. from γραμματικόν (bonus on turnover), PStrassb.105.4 (iii B. C.); χωρὶς ὀψωνίων, of un salaried services, Inscr.Prien.121.34 (i B. C.).

2 a policeman's pay, PLille25.55 (iii B. C.), PFay. 302 (ii B. C.), IG9(2).1109.27 (Thess., ii/i B. C.); freq. a soldier's pay, PStrassb.103.16 (iii B. C.), PTheb.Bank6.7 (ii B. C.), Plb.6.39.12: so in pl., pay of an army, Rev.Ét.Anc.33.8 (Theangela, iv/iii B. C.), OGI 229.106 (iii B. C.), SIG410.19 (iii B. C.), 581.34 (ii/i B. C.), Plb.1.67.1, 3.25.4, LXX 1 Ma.3.28, Aristeas 22.

3 allowance paid to a victorious athlete, PRyl. 153.25 (ii A. D.), CPHerm.54.7, al. (iii A. D.); allowance or scholarship paid to a music-student,

προδοῦναί μοι τὸ ὀ. καὶ τὸ κατὰ μῆνα ἀνάλωμα PCair.Zen.440.6

(iii B. C.); allowance to a son or daughter, BGU 665 ii 15 (i A. D.), POxy.898.31 (ii A. D.); to a slave, distd. from ἱματις μός, PCair.Zen.28.6, 100.14 (iii B. C.).

4 wages of labour, τὰ σώματα ἐνοχλεῖ ἡμᾶς τὰ ὀ. ἀπαιτοῦντα ib. 43.2, cf. 27.2, al., PPetr.2p.113 (all iii B. C.), POxy. 974 (iii A. D.);

ἀρτάβην κριθῆς εἰς λόγον ὀψωνίων PTeb.420.24

(iii A. D.): metaph., ὀψώνια ἁμαρτίας the wages of sin, Ep.Rom.6.23.

5 a magician's fee, PMag.Par.1.2454.

6 gratuity to tax-farmers, UPZ 112v3 (pl.).

7 = ὄψον 1.1 (cf. Lat. obsonium), τῶν ἀνηλωμάτων πάντων σίτου καὶ ὀψωνίων ib.91.13 (ii B. C.).—The word is rejected by Phryn. 393. First used by Men.1051 (no context);

ᾔτησεν εἰς ὀ. τριώβολον Thugen.2

. Glossed ὀψωνία, also (in pl.) κέρδη, χαρίσματα, by Phot.

ὀψώνιον, ου, τό (since Menand., Fgm. 1051 J.=Fgm. 896 Kö.; freq. used fr. Polyb. on, in sing. and pl.; oft. in ins; pap; ostraca; only three times in LXX, all pl. The Atticists rejected it [Lob., Phryn. p. 420]) ‘ration-(money)’ paid to a soldier, then

① pay, wages (a dominant usage; s. also SIG 410, 19 pl.; LXX; EpArist 20:22=Jos., Ant. 12:28 pl.). The more general mng. provisions may fit 1 Macc 14:32 (cp. SIG 700, 25) and all NT occurrences (CCaragounis, NovT 16, ’74, 35–37).

ⓐ lit. ἀρκεῖσθε τ. ὀψωνίοις ὑμῶν (said by J. the Baptist to στρατευόμενοι) Lk 3:14. στρατεύεσθαι ἰδίοις ὀψωνίοις serve as a soldier at one’s own expense 1 Cor 9:7.

ⓑ in imagery of Christians as soldiers (on the Christian life as military service s. πανοπλία 2), whose wages are paid by the heavenly general: ἀρέσκετε ᾧ στρατεύεσθε, ἀφʼ οὗ καὶ τὰ ὀψώνια κομίζεσθε IPol 6:2.—The military viewpoint seems to pass over into a more general one in λαβὼν ὀψώνιον πρὸς τὴν ὑμῶν διακονίαν accepting support so that I might serve you 2 Cor 11:8 (on λαμβάνειν ὀψώνιον cp. Polyb. 6, 39, 12; OGI 266, 7 [III B.C.]; PPetr II, 13 [17], 6 [258–253 B.C.]; PLond I, 23 [a], 26f, p. 38 [158–157 B.C.]; POxy 744, 7; cp. PWisc 68, 4 al. ‘allowance’).—Ro 6:23 is still further fr. the military scene, and it is prob. better to class it under the foll.

② compensation (IPriene 121, 34 [I B.C.], public services χωρὶς ὀψωνίων; 109, 94; 106 [II B.C.] ἄτερ ὀψωνίου) τὰ ὀψώνια τ. ἁμαρτίας θάνατος the compensation paid by sin (for services rendered to it) is death Ro 6:23.—DELG s.v. ὄψον. M-M. TW. Spicq.