Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μισθωτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μισθωτικός μισθωτική μισθωτικόν

Structure: μισθωτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from misqo/w

Sense

  1. of or for letting out, a mercenary trade

Examples

  • οὐκοῦν καὶ μισθωτικὴ μισθόν; (Plato, Republic, book 1 405:1)
  • οὐδέ γ’, οἶμαι, τὴν μισθωτικήν, ἐὰν ὑγιαίνῃ τισ μισθαρνῶν. (Plato, Republic, book 1 407:1)
  • φαμὲν δέ γε τὸ μισθὸν ἀρνυμένουσ ὠφελεῖσθαι τοὺσ δημιουργοὺσ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσχρῆσθαι τῇ μισθωτικῇ τέχνῃ γίγνεσθαι αὐτοῖσ. (Plato, Republic, book 1 416:1)

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

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