αἰχμάλωτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[taken by the spear]], [[captive]], [[prisoner]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>223</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.79</span>, <span class="bibl">134</span>; freq. of women, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1440</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>417</span>:— [[αἰχμάλωτοι]] = [[prisoners of war]], <span class="bibl">And.4.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.70</span>; <b class="b3">αἰ. λαμβάνειν, ἄγειν</b> take [[prisoner]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.1.37</span>, <span class="bibl">4.4.1</span>; <b class="b3">αἰ. γίγνεσθαι</b> to be [[taken]], ib.<span class="bibl">3.1.7</span>; of things, αἰ. χρήματα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>400</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>334</span>, <span class="bibl">D.19.139</span>; νῆες <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span> 2.3.8</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>2.789; <b class="b3">τὰ αἰ</b>. [[booty]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.1.26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>4.1.13</span>; <b class="b3">αἰχμάλωτον, τό,</b> = [[ἀνδράποδον]], <span class="bibl">D.S.13.57</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[αἰχμαλωτικός, δουλοσύνη αἰ]]. [[such as awaits a captive]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.76</span>; εὐνά <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>364</span> (lyr.); τύχη <span class="bibl">D.S.27.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>59.157</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">αἰχμάλωτος, ὁ</b>, name of plasters, <span class="bibl">Aët. 15.20</span>.</span>