ransom
From LSJ
ὀδοῦσι καὶ ὄνυξι καὶ πάσῃ μηχανῇ → tooth and nail | tooth, fang, and claw | in every possible way | by hook or by crook
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
payment for recovering a thing: V. κόμιστρα, τά.
ransoming: P. λύσις, ἡ (Dem. 107).
hold to ransom, v.: V. ἀποινᾶσθαι (Eur., Rhesus 177).