Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μίσθιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μίσθιος μίσθιᾱ μίσθιον

Structure: μισθι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: misqo/s

Sense

  1. salaried, hired

Examples

  • τὸ δ’ οἰκετικὸν ἑκάστου τάγματοσ ὀπίσω καὶ πρὸ τούτων τὰ σκευοφόρα, τελευταῖοι δὲ πάντων οἱ μίσθιοι καὶ τούτων φύλακεσ οὐραγοί. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 58:1)
  • εἰσ ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἐλθὼν ἔφη Πόσοι μίσθιοι τοῦ πατρόσ μου περισσεύονται ἄρτων, ἐγὼ δὲ λιμῷ ὧδε ἀπόλλυμαι· (, chapter 14 56:1)

Synonyms

  1. salaried

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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