Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λύτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λύτρον λύτρου

Structure: λυτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: lu/w

Sense

  1. a price paid
  2. a ransom, ransom-money, as ransom, ransom
  3. an atonement, for
  4. a recompense

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Καὶ ἐάν τισ κοιμηθῇ μετὰ γυναικὸσ κοίτην σπέρματοσ, καὶ αὕτη ᾖ οἰκέτισ διαπεφυλαγμένη ἀνθρώπῳ, καὶ αὐτὴ λύτροισ οὐ λελύτρωται, ἢ ἐλευθερία οὐκ ἐδόθη αὐτῇ, ἐπισκοπὴ ἔσται αὐτοῖσ, οὐκ ἀποθανοῦνται, ὅτι οὐκ ἀπηλευθερώθη. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 19:20)
  • καὶ πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν ἀπὸ πάσησ σαρκόσ, ὅσα προσφέρουσι Κυρίῳ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕωσ κτήνουσ, σοὶ ἔσται. ἀλλ’ ἢ λύτροισ λυτρωθήσεται τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν ἀκαθάρτων λυτρώσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 18:15)
  • ^ τοῦτο δὲ ἤν τισ εἴπῃ, οὐκέτι φονεύεται ὑπ’ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ δέχονται αὐτὸν ὡσ ἐπὶ λύτροισ ἥκοντα. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 39:5)
  • οἱ μὲν οὖν ἄλλοι παρῄνουν ἀποσφάττειν τοὺσ εἰλημμένουσ, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ ἐδοκίμαζον, ἀλλὰ δήσασ ἐφύλαττον αὐτούσ, ἄχρι δὴ ἀφίκοντο παρὰ τῶν Βουκεφάλων πρέσβεισ ἀπαιτοῦντεσ ἐπὶ λύτροισ τοὺσ συνειλημμένουσ· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 44:10)
  • τοῖσ δὲ ἄρα τοσοῦτο τοῦ φρονήματοσ καὶ μεγαλοψυχίασ περιῆν ὥστε τοὺσ μὲν αἰχμαλώτουσ ἐπὶ μικροῖσ λύτροισ ἀποδιδόντοσ Ἀννίβου μὴ λαβεῖν, ἀλλ’ ἀποψηφίσασθαι καὶ περιϊδεῖν τοὺσ μὲν ἀναιρεθέντασ, τοὺσ δὲ πραθέντασ ἔξω τῆσ Ἰταλίασ, τῶν δὲ φυγῇ περιγενομένων τὸ πλῆθοσ εἰσ Σικελίαν ἀποστεῖλαι, διακελευσαμένουσ Ἰταλίασ μὴ ἐπιβαίνειν ἑώσ πολεμοῦσι πρὸσ Ἀννίβαν. (Plutarch, Marcellus, chapter 13 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a ransom

  2. an atonement

  3. a recompense

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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