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omereuo1
to be, serve as a hostage, is the pledge of
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ὁμηρ-εύω · homēr-euō — LSJ
to be or serve as a hostage, Aeschin. 3.133, Antiph. 117 ; παρά τινι Aeschin. 2.81 ; ὑπέρ τινος Is. 7.8, IG 12(7).386.20 (Aegiale, iii B.C.) : metaph., [οἶνος] πίστιν ἀνθρώποις καὶ φιλίαν -εύει is the pledge of . . , J. AJ 2.5.2.
take as a hostage, E. Rh. 434 :—Med., give hostages, Aen.Tact. 10.23 (the sense in E. Ba. 297 is doubtful).
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