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

  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. φυλὴν καὶ πατριὰν σὺ ζητεῖσ ἢ μίσθιον, ὃσ συμπορεύσεται μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ σου̣ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Τωβίτ. βούλομαι, ἀδελφέ, ἐπιγνῶναι τὸ γένοσ σου κα’Ι τὸ ὄνομα. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 5:12)
  • μὴ κακώσῃσ οἰκέτην ἐργαζόμενον ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, μηδὲ μίσθιον διδόντα ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 7:20)

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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