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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 ἐν μισθωτῇ οἰκίᾳ οἰκῶν φῆσαι ταύτην εἶναι τὴν πατρῴαν πρὸσ τὸν μὴ εἰδότα, καὶ διότι μέλλει πωλεῖν αὐτὴν διὰ τὸ ἐλάττω εἶναι αὑτῷ πρὸσ τὰσ ξενοδοκίασ. (Theophrastus, Characters, 9:2)

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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