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ὁμηρεία

omereia · ἡ

giving of hostages

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Where it lives

Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

ὁμηρεία · homēreia — LSJ

giving of hostages, securities : a security

giving of hostages or securities : a security, ὁμηρειῶν ἐκδόσεις εἰς ἀλλήλους Pl. Plt. 310e ; ἐς ὁμηρείαν ὑπολιπεῖν τὸν προσοφειλόμενον μισθόν Th. 8.45.

2 the condition of a hostage

the condition of a hostage, ἐκκλέπτειν ἐξ ὁμηρείας D.S. 19.75 ; εἰς ὁ. δοῦναι Plb. 9.11.4.—In codd. sts. ὁμηρία ; also ὁμηρέα IG 1(2).116.34.

In the wild

ὁμηρειῶν · homēreiōn Plato, Statesman 311
ὁμηρείαν · homēreian Thucydides, History 8.45.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5645)

Where it came from

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