The corpus record

μισθ-ωτής

misthotes · ὁ

one who pays rent, tenant

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Where it lives

Malachias 1 · 7.2/10k
For Phormio 1 · 2.55/10k
On the Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
Isaias 2 · 0.76/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

μισθ-ωτής · misth-ōtēs — LSJ

one who pays rent, tenant

one who pays rent, tenant, Is. 6.36, D. 36.35, SIG 966.32 (Athens, iv B.C.), PTeb. 86.19 (ii B.C.), etc.

2 contractor, farmer, tax-farmer

contractor, farmer, IG 1(2).374.99; χειρωναξίας BGU 617.2; tax-farmer, οἱ μ. τοῦ ἀποστολίου OGI 674 (i A.D.), etc.

3 hirer

hirer, dub. in Plu. QConv. 2.632d.

In the wild

μισθωταὶ · misthōtai Demosthenes, For Phormio 35 (DIORISIS sentence 109)
μισθωτῶν · misthōtōn Isocrates, On the Peace 82 (DIORISIS sentence 162)
μισθωτῶν · misthōtōn New Testament, Mark 1.20 (DIORISIS sentence 18)
μισθωτῶν · misthōtōn Plato, Laws 697
μισθωτοῦ · misthōtou Septuaginta, Deuteronomium 15
μισθωτοῦ · misthōtou Septuaginta, Isaias 16

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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