μίσθωσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A letting for hire, Pl.Sph.219d, D.36.7, 27.59; αἱ μ. τῶν τεμενῶν Arist.Ath.47.4, cf. Pl.Lg.759e.    b lease, PCair.Zen.334.5 (iii B.C.), PFay.96 (ii A.D.); μ. ἁπλῆ, δισσὴ γραφεῖσα, POxy.1037.20 (v A.D.), 913.20 (v A.D.).    II rent, ὁπόσην ἂν ἄλφῃ μ. τὸ τέμενος IG12.94.15; μ. φέρειν D.36.51; μ. ἀποδιδόναι Lexap. eund.43.58, cf. Arist.Ath.2.2; ὀφείλειν μισθώσεις τεμενῶν D.57.63; σιτικὴ μ. PAmh.2.31.6 (ii B.C.).    III payment of wages earned by slaves to their master, D.28.12; of soldiers' pay, Lys.19.43.    IV income from an estate, μ. φέρειν, λαμβάνειν, Is.5.35,36.    V farming out by contract, PLille 1v.3 (iii B.C.).