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 (Euripides, Rhesus 177).

verb transitive

get released: P. λύεσθαι.

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

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

Translations

noun

Arabic: فِدْيَة‎; Armenian: փրկագին, փրկանք; Belarusian: выкуп; Bulgarian: откуп; Catalan: rescat; Chinese Cantonese: 贖金／赎金; Mandarin: 贖金／赎金; Czech: výkupné; Danish: løsesum; Dutch: losgeld; Finnish: lunnaat, lunnasraha; French: rançon; Georgian: გამოსასყიდი; German: Lösegeld; Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃; Greek: λύτρα; Ancient Greek: ἀντίλυτρον, ἄποινα, ἀπολύτρωσις, διαλύτρωσις, ἐκλύτρωσις, ἐξαγορασία, ἐξίλασμα, λύσις, λύτρα, ποινή; Hebrew: כּוֹפֵר‎; Hindi: फिरौती; Hungarian: váltságdíj; Icelandic: lausnargjald, lausnarfé; Indonesian: tebusan; Italian: riscatto; Japanese: 身代金; Korean: 몸값; Latin: pretium; Macedonian: откуп; Malay: tebusan; Norwegian Bokmål: løsepenger; Persian: فدیه‎; Polish: okup; Portuguese: resgate; Russian: выкуп; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: откупнина; Roman: otkupnina; Slovak: výkup, výkupné; Slovene: odkupnina; Spanish: rescate; Swahili: fidia; Swedish: lösen, lösensumma; Tagalog: pantubos, panubos; Thai: ไถ่ตัว; Turkish: fidye; Ukrainian: викуп