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λύτρον

λύτρον, a price paid

λύτρ-ον, τό, (λύω)
  • price of release:
      • 1 ransom, mostly in pl. (later sg., D.S. 20.84, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.295c, etc.), τῶν λ. τὴν δεκάτην the tithe of the ransom-money, Hdt. 5.77; Ἕκτορος λύτρα, title of Il. 24 and of play by Aeschylus; λύτρα λαβεῖν τινος receive as ransom for . ., Th. 6.5; τῆς θυγατρὸς λύτρα φέρων Pl. R. 393d; λύτρα ἀποδιδόναι, καταθεῖναι, pay ransom, D. 53.11, 13; εἰσενεγκεῖν εἰς λύτρα contribute towards it, ib. 7; ἀφιέναι ἄνευ λύτρων release without ransom, X. HG 7.2.16, cf. Aeschin. 2.100, D. 19.169, etc.; δώσουσιν ἕκαστος λύτρα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ a ransom of his soul, LXX Ex. 30.12; sg. in NT, λ. ἀντὶ πολλῶν Ev.Matt. 20.28, Ev.Marc. 10.45; λ. ὑπὲρ γαμέτου IG 14.607f (Carales); pl., sum paid for manumission of a slave, POxy. 48.6 (i A. D.), etc.
        • b sum paid for redemption of a pledge, in pl., PBad. 3.4 (ii B. C.), etc.
      • 2 atonement, τί γὰρ λ. πεσόντος αἵματος; (so Canter for λυγρόν) A. Ch. 48; of blood-money, LXX Ex. 21.30, al.
      • 3 generally, recompense, λύτρον καμάτων for toil, Pi. I. 8(7).1; συμφορᾶς Id. O. 7.77.
    • II a plant, = λυσιμάχειος, Ps.-Dsc. 4.3.

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