ζωάγρια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ων, τά, (<b class="b3">ζωός, ἀγρέω</b>, orig. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">ransom paid for a prisoner taken alive) reward for life saved</b>, ζωάγρι' ὀφέλλεις <span class="bibl">Od.8.462</span>; <b class="b3">δῶρα λάμψονται ζωάγρια Κροίσου</b> <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.36</span>; Θέτι . . ζωάγρια τίνειν <span class="bibl">Il.18.407</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>162</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>6.220.15 (Diosc.); rare in Prose, Demetr.Lac. <span class="title">Herc.</span>1014.49; also, <b class="b2">offerings</b> to Aesculapius and other gods <b class="b2">for recovery from illness</b>, IG14.967a5: c. gen., <b class="b3">νούσων</b> ibid.; ζ. ἀποθύειν <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>11.31</span>: sg. in Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Arat.</span>53</span>—a form ζώγρια, τά, Suid.—Adj. ζωάγριος, ον<b class="b3">, ζ. μοι χάριτας ὀφλήσεις</b> you will owe me thanks <b class="b2">for a life saved</b>, <span class="bibl">Babr.50.15</span>.</span>