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1 Prisoner
subs.Prisoners: P. οἱ δεδεμένοι.Prisoner of war: use adj., P. and V. αἰχμάλωτος, V. δουρίληπτος, δορίκτητος, δῃάλωτος, P. δοριάλωτος (Isoc.).fem., V. αἰχμαλωτίς.Take prisoner, v.: P. ζωγρεῖν (acc.).The rest of the population was recovered by the Olynthians through an exchange of prisoners: P. τὸ ἄλλο ἐκομίσθη ὑπʼ Ὀλυνθίων ἀνὴρ ἀντʼ ἀνδρὸς λύθεις (Thuc. 5, 3).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Prisoner
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