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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

  • σὺ δὲ Ἀχιὼρ μισθωτὲ τοῦ Ἀμμών, ὃσ ἐλάλησασ τοὺσ λόγουσ τούτουσ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀδικίασ σου, οὐκ ὄψει ἔτι τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀπὸ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ, ἕωσ οὗ ἐκδικήσω τὸ γένοσ τῶν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 6:5)

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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