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