1. ζωαγρία · zōagria
= ζωγρεῖον, Ael. NA 13.10.
The corpus record
ζωάγρια
zoagria · ἡ
Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.
Where it lives
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant — LSJ
2. ζωάγρια · zōagria
ransom paid for a prisoner taken alive) reward for life saved, offerings, for recovery from illness, for a life saved
ransom paid for a prisoner taken alive) reward for life saved, ζωάγριʼ ὀφέλλεις Od. 8.462; δῶρα λάμψονται ζωάγρια Κροίσου Hdt. 3.36; Θέτι . . ζωάγρια τίνειν Il. 18.407, cf. Call. Fr. 162, AP 6.220.15 (Diosc.); rare in Prose, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.49; also, offerings to Aesculapius and other gods for recovery from illness, IG 14.967a5: c. gen., νούσων ibid.; ζ. ἀποθύειν Ael. NA 11.31: sg. in Orac. ap. Plu. Arat. 53—a form ζώγρια, τά, Suid.—Adj. ζωάγριος, ον, ζ. μοι χάριτας ὀφλήσεις you will owe
In the wild
- ζωάγρια · zōagria Herodotus, Histories 3.36.5 (DIORISIS sentence 3135)
- ζῳάγρια · zōiagria Iliad 18.407
- ζωάγριʼ · zōagriʼ Odyssey 8.462
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ζωάγρια (scan pp. 550-551; entry #2406).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ζωάγρια (scan p. 415; entry #2938).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ζωάγρια (scan pp. 648-649; entry #2285).