ἡμισυμερίτης
εἰς τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν → run water into a punctured pitcher, to the perforated jar bale water, labour in vain, labor in vain
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἡμισυμερίτης: -ου, ὁ, = ἡμισειαστής, Δουκάγγ.
English
sharecropper, colonus partiarius, partiarius colonus, tenant farmer sharing produce, sharing landholder A farmer who gave a fixed portion of the farm’s produce as payment (instead of money) to the landlord.
Translations
Ancient Greek: ἡμισειαστής, ἡμισυμερίτης; Arabic: فلاّح بالمقاسمة; Bresciano: masér; Calabrese: gualànu, culonu, menzieri, parsunàli; Catalan: masover; Catalan: parcer; Dutch: deelpachter, deelbouwer; Esperanto: duonfarmulo; Finnish: vuokraviljelijä; French: métayer, métayère, colon, méger; Galician: parceiro, foreiro; Galician: parceiro, parcioneiro; German: Naturalpächter, Halbpächter, Teilpächter; Greek: κολήγας, κολίγας, κολλέγας, κολλήγας, κολλήγος, μεσακάρης, μεσακάρισσα, μεσιακάρης, μεσιακάρισσα, μισακάρης, μισακάρισσα, μορτίτης; Hebrew: אריס; Italian: mezzadro; Ligurian: manente; Mirandolese: mśàdar; Mudnés: mzèder; Portuguese: parceiro rural; Romagnolo: mizèdri; Russian: испольщик, издольщик; Sicilian: mitateri; Spanish: aparcero; Swedish: hälftenbrukare; Venetian: mesadro, massaro