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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὅμηρος]], ὁ or ἡ ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 1189), [[verse|V.]] [[ῥύσιον]], τό.

[[be a hostage]], v.: [[prose|P.]] [[ὁμηρεύειν]].

[[take as a hostage]], v.: [[verse|V.]] [[ὁμηρεύειν]] (acc.) ([[Euripides]], ''[[Rhesus]]'' 434), [[ῥυσιάζειν]] (acc.).

[[not to be seized as hostage]], adj.: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀρρυσίαστος]].

[[they wished any prisoner they took to serve as a hostage for their friends within]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐβούλοντο σφίσιν εἴ τινα λάβοιεν ὑπάρχειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἔνδον]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]], 11, 5).
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