ζωγρέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[ζωός]], [[ἀγρέω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[take alive]], [[save alive]], [[take captive]] instead of killing, ζώγρει, Ἀτρέος υἱέ, σὺ δ' ἄξια δέξαι ἄποινα <span class="bibl">Il.6.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.378</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.86</span>, etc.; εἷλε… καὶ ἐζώγρησε <span class="bibl">Id.3.52</span>; τοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτειναν, τινὰς δὲ καὶ ἐζώγρησαν <span class="bibl">Th.2.92</span>; πλὴν ὅσον ἐκ τριῶν νεῶν οὓς ἐζώγρησαν <span class="bibl">Id.7.23</span>; <b class="b3">πλὴν μηδαμῇ μηδαμῶς ζωγροῦντας</b> provided that they do not [[spare]] him [[alive]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>868c</span>; opp. [[διαφθείρειν]], [[ἀποκτεῖναι]], <span class="bibl">Plb.3.84.10</span>, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Nu.</span>31.18</span>: metaph., ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span> 5.10</span>; of ships, ἃς ἐζώγρησεν αὐτάνδρους <span class="bibl">Charito 7.6</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.66</span>,<span class="bibl">5.77</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[restore to life and strength]], [[revive]], περὶ δὲ πνοιὴ Βορέαο ζώγρει ἐπιπνείουσα <span class="bibl">Il.5.698</span> (quoted by <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>2.3</span>); [[preserve alive]], ζώγρει, δέσποτ' ἄναξ, τὸν σὸν ναετῆρα <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>841.7 (Thrace, ii A.D.).</span>