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1 Hostage
subs.P. and V. ὅμηρος, ὁ or ἡ (Eur., Or. 1189), V. ῥύσιον, τό.Be a hostage, v.: P. ὁμηρεύειν.Take as a hostage, v.: V. ὁμηρεύειν (acc.) (Eur., Rhes. 434), ῥυσιάζειν (acc.).Not to be seized as hostage, adj.: V. ἀρρυσίαστος.They wished any prisoner they took to serve as a hostage for their friends within: P. ἐβούλοντο σφίσιν εἴ τινα λάβοιεν ὑπάρχειν ἀντὶ τῶν ἔνδον (Thuc., 11, 5).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Hostage
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2 hostage
['hosti‹](a person who is held prisoner in order to ensure that the captor's demands etc will be carried out: The terrorists took three people with them as hostages; They took / were holding three people hostage.) όμηρος- take- hold someone hostage
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3 hostage
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4 hold (someone) hostage
(to take or keep (someone) as a hostage: The police were unable to attack the terrorists because they were holding three people hostage.) κρατώ όμηρο -
5 hold (someone) hostage
(to take or keep (someone) as a hostage: The police were unable to attack the terrorists because they were holding three people hostage.) κρατώ όμηρο -
6 take
(to take or keep (someone) as a hostage: The police were unable to attack the terrorists because they were holding three people hostage.) κρατώ όμηρο -
7 Security
subs.Safety: P. and V. σωτηρία, ἡ, ἀσφάλεια, ἡ.Something a mortgaged: Ar. and P. ἐνέχυρον, τό, σύμβολον, τό, P. ὑποθήκη, ἡ.Give security, v.: Ar. and P. ἐγγυᾶσθαι, P. κατεγγυᾶσθαι.Give security for a person: P. ἐγγυᾶσθαι (acc.). διεγγυᾶν (acc.).Seize as security: P. κατεγγυᾶν, Ar. and P. ἐνεχυράζειν (or mid.).Leaving the pay still due as security: P. ὑπολιπόντες εἰς ὁμηρείαν τὸν προσοφειλόμενον μισθόν (Thuc. 8, 45).Give as security for a mortgage, v.: P. ὑποτιθέναι.Hostage: see Hostage.One who gives security for another: Ar. and P. ἐγγυητής, ὁ.On good security: use adj., P. ἔγγυος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Security
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8 Pledge
v. trans.Deposit as security: P. ὑποτιθέναι, Ar. ἐνέχυρον τιθέναι.Pledge oneself, give security: Ar. and P. ἐγγυᾶσθαι, P. and V. πίστιν διδόναι, πιστὰ διδόναι, V. πιστοῦσθαι.Drink a health to: P. προπίνειν (dat.) (Xen.) (also absol., Ar., Thesm. 631).He pledged him in the loving cup: P. φιλοτησίας προὔπινε (Dem. 380).Pledging many a bumper: V. πυκνὴν ἄμυστιν... δεξιούμενοι (Eur., Rhes. 419).——————subs.Bail, security: P. and V. ἐγγύη, ἡ.Something mortgaged: Ar. and P. ἐνέχυρον, τό, σύμβολον, τό, P. ὑποθήκη, ἡ.Hostage: P. and V. ὅμηρος, ὁ or ἡ (Eur., Or. 1189), V. ῥύσιον, τό.Seize as a pledge: V. ῥυσιάζειν.Promise: P. and V. ὑπόσχεσις, ἡ.Pledge ratified by giving the right hand: P. and V. δεξιά, ἡ (Xen.), V. δεξίωμα, τό.Give me your hand as pledge: V. ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν (Soph., Phil. 813).Giving the right hand as pledge: V. προσθεὶς χεῖρα δεξιάν (Soph., Phil. 942).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Pledge
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