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prisoner

prisoner
subs.
P. and V. δεσμώτης, ὁ, or use adj., Ar. and V. δέσμιος.
Prisoners:
P. οἱ δεδεμένοι.
Prisoner of war:
use adj., P. and V. αἰχμά̆λωτος, V. δουρί̆ληπτος, δορίκτητος, δῃά̆λωτος, P. δοριάλωτος (Isoc.).
Fem., V. αἰχμᾰλωτί̆ς.
Of prisoners,
adj.: V. αἰχμᾰλωτῐκός.
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).

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