prison
From LSJ
διήλθομεν διὰ πυρὸς καὶ ὕδατος → we went through fire and water, we have gone through fire and water
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. εἱρκτή, ἡ, or pl., P. δεσμωτήριον, τό, εἱργμός, ὁ, V. ὁρκάναι, αἱ.
public prison: P. τὸ δημόσιον, V. πάνδημος στέγη, ἡ.
imprisonment: use P. and V. δεσμός, ὁ, or pl.
be thrown into prison: P. εἰς εἱρκτὴν εἰσπίπτειν (Thuc. 1, 131).
verb transitive
See imprison.
