μισθόω
Etym. μισθός
I. "to let out for hire, farm out, let", Lat. locare, τί τινι Ar.: in pres. and imperf. "to offer to let", μισθοῖ αὑτὸν Ὀλυνθίοις "offers" his services "for pay" to them, Dem.:—c. inf., μ. τὸν νηὸν τριηκοσίων ταλάντων ἐξεργάσασθαι "to let out" the building of it for 300 talents, Lat. locare aedem exstruendam, Hdt.
II. Mid., fut. μισθώσομαι: aor1 ἐμισθωσάμην: perf. μεμίσθωμαι:— "to have let to one, to hire", Lat. conducere, Hdt., attic; μ. τινα ταλάντου "to engage" his services at a talent a year, Hdt.; c. inf., μ. νηὸν ἐξοικοδομῆσαι "to contract" for the building of the temple, Lat. conducere aedem aedificandam, id=Hdt.
III. Pass., aor1 ἐμισθώθην: perf. μεμίσθωμαι (v. supr. II):— "to be hired for pay", id=Hdt.; ἐκ τοῦ μισθωθῆναι from the "hire", Dem.: of a house, "to be let on contract", id=Dem.