μισθός

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”).

Noun

μισθός • (misthós) m (genitive μισθοῦ); second declension

1. wages, pay, hire
2. recompense, reward

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μισθός; τοῦ μισθοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μισθός ho misthós	τὼ μισθώ tṑ misthṓ	οἱ μισθοί hoi misthoí
Genitive	τοῦ μισθοῦ toû misthoû	τοῖν μισθοῖν toîn misthoîn	τῶν μισθῶν tôn misthôn
Dative	τῷ μισθῷ tôi misthôi	τοῖν μισθοῖν toîn misthoîn	τοῖς μισθοῖς toîs misthoîs
Accusative	τὸν μισθόν tòn misthón	τὼ μισθώ tṑ misthṓ	τοὺς μισθούς toùs misthoús
Vocative	μισθέ misthé	μισθώ misthṓ	μισθοί misthoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• μίσθιος (místhios)
• μισθοφόρος (misthophóros)
• μισθόω (misthóō)
• μισθωτός (misthōtós)

Descendants

• Greek: μισθός (misthós)

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^[1], 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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: μι‧σθός

Noun

μισθός • (misthós) m (plural μισθοί)

1. salary, pay, wage

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	μισθός (misthós)	μισθοί (misthoí)
genitive	μισθού (misthoú)	μισθών (misthón)
accusative	μισθό (misthó)	μισθούς (misthoús)
vocative	μισθέ (misthé)	μισθοί (misthoí)

Related terms

pay related

• 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”)

 

rent related

• 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

• μισθός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language