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μισθωτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μισθωτός μισθωτή μισθωτόν

Structure: μισθωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from misqo/w

Sense

  1. hired
  2. an hireling, hired servant, mercenaries

Examples

  • καὶ ἀπὸ βασιλειῶν ἑτέρων καὶ ἀπὸ νήσων θαλασσῶν ἦλθον πρὸσ αὐτὸν δυνάμεισ μισθωταί. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:29)
  • ὅταν δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν τοῦδ’ ὑποσχέσεων ὑπάγεσθαι φῇ, μέμνησθ’ ὅτι μάρτυρασ ὑμῖν παρεσχήμεθα, οἳ χρόνον πολὺν τοῦδ’ ἀπηλλαγμένου μισθωταὶ τούτοισ ἐγίγνοντο τῆσ τραπέζησ καὶ τοῦ ἀσπιδοπηγείου. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 53:1)

Synonyms

  1. hired

  2. an hireling

Related

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

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