- μισθόω
- μισθόω (μισθός; in our lit. [Mt] and LXX only mid.) 1 aor. ἐμισθωσάμην; pf. μεμίσθωμαι LXX; the mid. has the mng. hire, engage for oneself (Hdt. et al.; ins, pap, LXX) w. acc. ἐργάτας (111, 11; Jos., Bell. 3, 437, Ant. 11, 174) Mt 20:1 (on μ. εἰς cp. Appian, Mithrid. 23 §90 ἐς τὸ ἔργον ἐμισθώσαντο), 7.—Diod S 4, 20, 3 ὁ μισθωσάμενος ἐλεήσας καὶ τὸν μισθὸν ἀποδοὺς ἀπέλυσε τῶν ἔργων=the employer took pity on a woman who had just given birth, gave her her wages in full, and released her from work early. It is his goodness alone that prompts him to grant this favor; s. also Strabo 3, 4, 17.—New Docs 2, 91. DELG s.v. μισθός. M-M. TW. Spicq.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.