αἰχμαλωτίζω
From LSJ
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English (LSJ)
A take prisoner, D.S.14.37, LXX 4 Ki.24.14, al.:—more freq. in Med., αἰχμαλωτίζομαι J.BJ4.8.1: fut. -ίσομαι ib.2.4: aor. ᾐχμαλωτισάμην ib.1.22.1, D.S.13.24: pf. ᾐχμαλώτισμαι J.BJ4.9.8 (with v.l. -σάμενοι); also in pass. sense, SIG763 (Cyzicus).
