The corpus record

ζωγρ-ία

zogria · ἡ

taking alive

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

1. ζωγρ-ία · zōgr-ia — LSJ

taking alive, by his being captured

taking alive, ζωγρίῃ λαβεῖν or αἱρέειν,= ζωγρεῖν, Hdt. 6.28, 37; συλλαβεῖν SIG 700.30 (Macedonia, ii B.C.) ζωγρία ἐγκρατὴς or κύριος γενέσθαι τινός, Plb. 1.9.8, 1.79.4; ζωγρία ἀνάγεσθαι or εἰσανάγεσθαι, Str. 11.11.6, Plb. 1.82.2; ζ. ἀποβαλεῖν τινα to lose him by his being captured, ib. 15.2, Str. 8.4.2; ζ. ἁλῶναι Plb. 5.86.5.

2. ζώγρ-ια · zōgr-ia — LSJ

v. ζωάγρια :

In the wild

ζωγρίῃ · zōgriēi Herodotus, Histories 6.28.2 (DIORISIS sentence 6322)
ζωγρίῃ · zōgriēi Herodotus, Histories 6.37.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6366)
ζωγρίαν · zōgrian Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 12

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