ransom
From LSJ
οὐ γὰρ εἰς περιουσίαν ἐπράττετ' αὐτοῖς τὰ τῆς πόλεως → for selfish greed had no place in their statesmanship
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).