ransom

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. λύτρα, τά.

payment for recovering a thing: V. κόμιστρα, τά.

ransoming: P. λύσις, ἡ (Dem. 107).

hold to ransom, v.: V. ἀποινᾶσθαι (Eur., Rhesus 177).

verb transitive

get released: P. λύεσθαι.

release for a ransom.: P. λυτροῦν, ἀπολύεσθαι, ἀπολυτροῦν.

save: P. and V. σῴζω, σώζειν; see save.