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Headword:
*)epw/nia
Adler number: epsilon,2840
Translated headword: sales-taxes
Vetting Status: high
Translation: It is a tax paid on the sale; it would perhaps be the fifth [part].[1]
Greek Original:*)epw/nia: te/los e)sti\ to\ e)pi\ th=| w)nh=| dido/menon. ei)/h d' a)\n i)/sws h( pe/mpth.
Notes:
Likewise in
Photius. Abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., where
Isaeus frs.43 and 128 Sauppe are cited.
[1] Harpok's guess of 20%, repeated in the other lexica, is far too high. Epigraphical evidence for rates (in
Athens) varies between 1% and 2%.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 16 November 2000@06:08:37.
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