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λυτρόω

λυτρόω, to release on receipt of ransom, to hold to ransom

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λυτρωσώμεθα aorist middle subjunctive 1st plural of λυτρόω

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λυτρ-όω,
  • release on receipt of a ransom, hold to ransom, τινὰ χρημάτων ὅσων δοκεῖ for such a sum as is agreed on, Pl. Tht. 165e; redeem a pledge, λ. τὰ ἱμάτια POxy. 530.14 (ii A. D.), etc.:—Med., release by payment of ransom, redeem, παρὰ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν IG 12(5).36 (Naxos, iii B. C.), cf. LXX Ex. 13.15, al.; τὴν χώραν χρημάτων οὐκ ὀλίγων Plb. 18.16.1; ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀνομίας Ep.Tit. 2.14:—Pass., to be ransomed, ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων λελυτρῶσθαι D. 19.170, cf. Arist. EN 1164b34; αἵματι 1 Ep.Pet. 1.18.
    • II Pass., to be released from an obligation, PEleph. 19.8 (iii B. C.).
    • III mistranslation of Hebr. ‘rp ‘break the neck’, LXX Ex. 13.13.

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