Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.price of release:

1. ransom, mostly in pl. (later sg., D.S.20.84, Plu.2.295c, etc.), τῶν λ. τὴν δεκάτην the tithe of the ransom-money, Hdt.5.77; Ἕκτορος λύτρα, title of Il.24 and of play by Aeschylus; λύτρα λαβεῖν τινος receive as ransom for . . , Th.6.5; “τῆς θυγατρὸς λύτρα φέρων” Pl.R.393d; λύτρα ἀποδιδόναι, καταθεῖναι, pay ransom, D.53.11, 13; εἰσενεγκεῖν εἰς λύτρα contribute towards it, ib.7; ἀφιέναι ἄνευ λύτρων release without ransom, X.HG7.2.16, cf. Aeschin.2.100, D.19.169, etc.; δώσουσιν ἕκαστος λύτρα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ a ransom of his soul, LXX Ex.30.12; sg. in NT, “λ. ἀντὶ πολλῶν” Ev.Matt.20.28, Ev.Marc.10.45; “λ. ὑπὲρ γαμέτου” IG14.607f (Carales); pl., sum paid for manumission of a slave, POxy.48.6 (i A. D.), etc.

b. sum paid for redemption of a pledge, in pl., PBad.3.4 (ii B. C.), etc.

2. atonement, τί γὰρ λ. πεσόντος αἵματος; (so Canter for λυγρόν) A.Ch.48; of blood-money, LXX Ex.21.30, al.

3. generally, recompense, λύτρον καμάτων for toil, Pi.I.8(7).1; “συμφορᾶς” Id.O.7.77.

II. a plant, = λυσιμάχειος, Ps.-Dsc.4.3.