ἐξομηρεύω
From LSJ
Ὅτι οὐδὲν ἧττον τὰ αὐτὰ ποιήσουσι, κἂν σὺ διαρραγῇς → You may break your heart, but men will still go on as before
English (LSJ)
A bind by taking hostages, [τοὺς δούλους] ταῖς τεκνοποΐαις ἐ. bind slaves to one's service by the pledges of wives and children, Arist. Oec.1344b17, cf. Phld.Oec.p.33J.:—Med., νήπιοι ψυχῆς φίλτρα -εύσασθαι δυνάμενα στρατηγὸν πρὸς πατρίδα Onos.1.12; also, produce by hostages, φιλίαν Str.6.4.2; bind to oneself, D.S.27.7; win over, SIG 656.21 (Abdera, ii B. C., found at Teos).
