rescue

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

save: σῴζω, σώζειν, ἐκσώζειν, διασώζειν, ἀποσώζειν, V. ῥύεσθαι; see save.

recover, get back safe: v. trans: P. and V. ἀνασώζειν (or mid.).

deliver: P. and V. λύω, λύειν, ἀπολύειν, ἐκλύειν (or mid.), ἀφιέναι, ἀπαλλάσσειν, ἐλευθεροῦν, ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, V. ἐξαπαλλάσσειν.

carry into safety: P. and V. ὑπεκτίθεσθαι, ὑπεκπέμπειν, ἐκκλέπτειν, ἐκκομίζεσθαι, P. ὑπεκκομίζειν, V. ὑπεκλαμβάνειν, ὑπεκσώζειν, κομίζειν.

help to rescue (carry into safety): P. συνεκκομίζειν (τινά τινι).

come and rescue: P. and V. βοηθεῖν (dat.), Ar. and P. παραβοηθεῖν (dat.), P. ἐπιβοηθεῖν (dat.). V. βοηδρομεῖν (dat.).

help in rescuing: P. and V. συσσώζειν, συνεκσώζειν, P. συναφαιρεῖσθαι, συνδιασώζειν.

substantive

deliverance: P. and V. λύσις, ἡ, ἀπαλλαγή, ἡ; see deliverance.

help: P. βοήθεια, ἡ; see help.

come to the rescue, v.: P. and V. βοηθεῖν, P. προσβοηθεῖν, ἐπιβοηθεῖν, Ar. and P. παραβοηθεῖν, V. βοηδρομεῖν.