μισθωτός
οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ τέκτονος υἱός; οὐχ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ λέγεται Μαριὰμ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ Σίμων καὶ Ἰούδας; → “Isn't he the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers Jacob and Joseph and Shimon and Judah? (Matthew 13:55)
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A hired, ἐπίκουροι Hdt.3.45, Pl.R.419; ἄνθρωποι Phld.Mus.p.67 K. II Subst., hireling, hired servant, Ar.Av.1152, Pl.Lg.918b, IG22.1672.28, Ev.Marc.1.20, etc.: freq. of soldiers, mercenaries, Hdt.1.61, Th. 5.6; of a spy or agent, D.18.38; μ. Φιλίππου ib.52; καλὸς κἀγαθὸς καὶ δίκαιος μ. ἐκείνῳ Id.19.110.
German (Pape)
[Seite 191] gemiethet, um Lohn gedungen, Söldling; καὶ θῆτες, Plat. Polit. 290 a; ἐπίκουροι, Rep. IV, 419 u. öfter; comic. bei Ath. oft u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μισθωτός: -ή, -όν, ὁ ἐπὶ μισθῷ πράττων τι, Ἡρόδ. 3. 45· ἐπίκουροι Πλάτ. 419. ΙΙ. ὡς οὐσιαστ., ὁ ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὑπηρετῶν, ὑπηρέτης, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 1152, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 918Β, κτλ.· συχν. ἐπὶ στρατιωτῶν, οἱ μισθοφόροι, Ἡρόδ. 1. 61, Θουκ. 5. 6· ἐπὶ κατασκόπου ἢ πράκτορος ξένων, Δημ. 238. 21· μ. Φιλίππου ὁ αὐτ. ἐν 242. 25· καλὸς κἀγαθὸς καὶ δίκαιος μ. ἐκείνῳ ὁ αὐτ. ἐν 374. 25.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ή, όν :
I. adj. pris à gages, mercenaire ; en parl. de maisons pris à loyer, loué;
II. subst. ὁ μισθωτός :
1 serviteur à gages;
2 soldat mercenaire;
3 agent salarié, espion.
Étymologie: μισθόω.
English (Strong)
from μισθόω; a wage-worker (good or bad): hired servant, hireling.
English (Thayer)
μισθωτοῦ, ὁ (μισθόω), one hired, a hireling: Aristophanes, Plato, Demosthenes, others; the Sept. for שָׂכִיר.)
