ransom
ransom
subs.
P. λύτρα, τά.
Payment for recovering a thing: V. κόμιστρα, τά.
Ransoming: P. λύσις, ἡ (Dem. 107).
Hold to ransom, v.: V. ἀ̆ποινᾶσθαι (Eur. Rhes. 177).
subs.
P. λύτρα, τά.
Payment for recovering a thing: V. κόμιστρα, τά.
Ransoming: P. λύσις, ἡ (Dem. 107).
Hold to ransom, v.: V. ἀ̆ποινᾶσθαι (Eur. Rhes. 177).
ransom
v. trans.
Get released: P. λύεσθαι.
Release for a ransom.: P. λυτροῦν, ἀπολύεσθαι, ἀπολυτροῦν.
Save: P. and V. σώζειν ; see save.
v. trans.
Get released: P. λύεσθαι.
Release for a ransom.: P. λυτροῦν, ἀπολύεσθαι, ἀπολυτροῦν.
Save: P. and V. σώζειν ; see save.
RANSOM
s. pecuniae quibus aliquis redimitur (Suet. Caes. 4); pactum pro capite pretium (when one purchases his life with it; Cic. Off. 3 29 107): from the context often simply pretium; pecuniae: to restore receive without ransom sine pretio dimittere recipere.
s. pecuniae quibus aliquis redimitur (Suet. Caes. 4); pactum pro capite pretium (when one purchases his life with it; Cic. Off. 3 29 107): from the context often simply pretium; pecuniae: to restore receive without ransom sine pretio dimittere recipere.
v. aliquem pretio or pecunia redimere (e servitute); aliquem redimere.
ransom (subs.):
1. rĕdemptio: to bring gold for the r. of the girl, aurum pro r. puellae afferre, Val. Max. 4, 3, 1: r. was refused to the prisoners, captivis r. negabatur, Liv. 25, 6.
2. prĕtium (the money paid for the ransom): to restore the prisoners without r., captivos sine p. reddere, Liv.: to dismiss all the prisoners without r., omnes captivos sine p. dimittere, Curt.: to pay the r. agreed upon for one's life, pactum pro capite p. afferre, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107. Also by phr.: pecuniae quibus aliquid redimitur, Suet. Caes. 4.
1. rĕdemptio: to bring gold for the r. of the girl, aurum pro r. puellae afferre, Val. Max. 4, 3, 1: r. was refused to the prisoners, captivis r. negabatur, Liv. 25, 6.
2. prĕtium (the money paid for the ransom): to restore the prisoners without r., captivos sine p. reddere, Liv.: to dismiss all the prisoners without r., omnes captivos sine p. dimittere, Curt.: to pay the r. agreed upon for one's life, pactum pro capite p. afferre, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107. Also by phr.: pecuniae quibus aliquid redimitur, Suet. Caes. 4.
ransom (v.): rĕdĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: to r. captives from the enemy, captivos ab hostibus r., Auct. Her. 1, 2, 2: to r. captives from slavery, captos e servitute r., Cic. Off. 2, 18, 63: to r. those taken by the pirates, captos a praedonibus r., ib. 2, 16, 56.