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ὁμηρεία , ἡ, (ὁμηρεύω)
A.giving of hostages or securities : a security, “ὁμηρειῶν ἐκδόσεις εἰς ἀλλήλους” Pl.Plt.310e ; “ἐς ὁμηρείαν ὑπολιπεῖν τὸν προσοφειλόμενον μισθόν” Th.8.45.
2. the condition of a hostage, “ἐκκλέπτειν ἐξ ὁμηρείας” D.S.19.75 ; “εἰς ὁ. δοῦναι” Plb.9.11.4.—In codd. sts. ὁμηρία ; also “ὁμηρέα” IG12.116.34.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Plato, Statesman, 310e
    • Thucydides, Histories, 8.45
    • Polybius, Histories, 9.11.4
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 19.75
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