μεσακάρης
κρεῖττον εἶναι φιλοσόφως ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀφιλοσόφως ζῆν → that it is better to die in manner befitting a philosopher than to live unphilosophically
Greek Monolingual
και μεσιακάρης ο, θηλ. μεσακάρισσα
βλ. μισακάρης.
English
sharecropper, 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