hostage
From LSJ
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ὅμηρος, ὁ or ἡ (Euripides, Orestes 1189), V. ῥύσιον, τό.
be a hostage, v.: P. ὁμηρεύειν.
take as a hostage, v.: V. ὁμηρεύειν (acc.) (Euripides, Rhesus 434), ῥυσιάζειν (acc.).
not to be seized as hostage, adj.: V. ἀρρυσίαστος.
they wished any prisoner they took to serve as a hostage for their friends within: P. ἐβούλοντο σφίσιν εἴ τινα λάβοιεν ὑπάρχειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἔνδον (Thuc., 11, 5).
