A.take, save alive, take captive instead of killing, “ζώγρει, Ἀτρέος υἱέ, σὺ δ᾽ ἄξια δέξαι ἄποινα” Il.6.46, cf. 10.378, Hdt.1.86, etc.; “εἷλε . . καὶ ἐζώγρησε” Id.3.52; “τοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτειναν, τινὰς δὲ καὶ ἐζώγρησαν” Th.2.92; “πλὴν ὅσον ἐκ τριῶν νεῶν οὓς ἐζώγρησαν” Id.7.23; πλὴν μηδαμῇ μηδαμῶς ζωγροῦντας provided that they do not spare him alive, Pl.Lg.868c; opp. διαφθείρειν, ἀποκτεῖναι, Plb.3.84.10, LXXNu.31.18: metaph., “ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν” Ev.Luc. 5.10; of ships, “ἃς ἐζώγρησεν αὐτάνδρους” Charito 7.6:—Pass., Hdt.1.66,5.77.
ζωγρ-έω , (ζωός, ἀγρέω)