μίσθ-ωμα, ατος, τό,
price agreed on in hiring, contract-price, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.180, etc.: _plural_, “IG” 12.347.43, +others (5th c.BC), 22.334.28 (4th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; a courtesan's price, Machoap.[[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.581a; τῶν ἀκροαμάτων τὰ μ. 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 66 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; τὰ παρά τινος μ. 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.37. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 contract, μισθοῦσι μισθώματα farm out contracts, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 47.2, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.125 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ μισθωμάτων θύειν by contract, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (but explained as from the proceeds of rents by [[ 1st c.BC: Didymus Grammaticus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Harpocratio Grammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 rent, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12(7).55.15 (Amorgos, 4th-3rd c.BC), “Tab.Heracl.” 1.128. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II that which is let for hire, hired house, [[ NT.Acts.28.30. ] NT]