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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *misdʰós (“reward; salary”). Cognates include Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám (“reward”), Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“meed”), and Proto-Slavic *mьzdà (“payment, pay”).[1]
Noun
μισθός • (misthós) m (genitive μισθοῦ); second declension
- wages, pay, hire
- recompense, reward
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “μισθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μισθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μισθός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μισθός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μισθός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μισθός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3408 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- allowance idem, page 25.
- bribe idem, page 97.
- compensation idem, page 151.
- earnings idem, page 259.
- emolument idem, page 268.
- fee idem, page 313.
- guerdon idem, page 377.
- hire idem, page 400.
- meed idem, page 522.
- pay idem, page 600.
- payment idem, page 600.
- price idem, page 640.
- recompense idem, page 680.
- remuneration idem, page 694.
- repayment idem, page 695.
- return idem, page 708.
- reward idem, page 711.
- salary idem, page 732.
- stipend idem, page 818.
- subsidy idem, page 832.
- subvention idem, page 833.
- wage idem, page 958.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈsθos/
- Hyphenation: μι‧σθός
Noun
μισθός • (misthós) m (plural μισθοί)
- salary, pay, wage
Declension
- άμισθος (ámisthos, “unpaid, honorary”)
- κατώτατος μισθός m (katótatos misthós, “minimum wage”)
- μεροκάματο n (merokámato, “day's wage”)
- μισθοδοσία f (misthodosía, “payment of wages”)
- μισθοδοτικός (misthodotikós, “salary”) (adjective)
- μισθοδοτώ (misthodotó, “to pay”)
- μισθολόγιο n (misthológio, “salary scale”)
- μισθοσυντήρητος (misthosyntíritos, “wage earning, salaried”) (adjective)
- μισθοφορικός (misthoforikós, “mercenary”) (adjective)
- μισθοφόρος m (misthofóros, “mercenary”)
- μισθωτός (misthotós, “paid, waged, salaried”)
- μίσθιο n (místhio, “rent”)
- μίσθωμα n (místhoma, “rental”)
- μίσθωση f (místhosi, “lease”) (legal)
- μισθωτήριο n (misthotírio, “lease”) (legal)
- μισθωτής m (misthotís, “lessee, lease holder”)
- μισθωτικός (misthotikós, “lease”) (adjective, legal)
- μισθώτρια f (misthótria, “lessee, lease holder”)
Further reading