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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 ἔσται τὰ σάββατα τῆσ γῆσ βρώματά σοι. καὶ τῷ παιδί σου καὶ τῇ παιδίσκῃ σου καὶ τῷ μισθωτῷ σου καὶ τῷ παροίκῳ τῷ προσκειμένῳ πρὸσ σὲ (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:6)
  • μισθωτῷ μᾶλλον ἐπιτρέπουσιν ἢ σοὶ ποιεῖν ὅτι ἂν βούληται περὶ τοὺσ ἵππουσ, καὶ προσέτι αὐτοῦ τούτου ἀργύριον τελοῦσιν; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 85:7)

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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