αἰχμᾰλ-ωτος, ον,
taken by the spear, captive, prisoner, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 223, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.79, 134] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of women, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1440, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 417:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — αἰχμάλωτοι prisoners of war, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.22, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰ. λαμβάνειν, ἄγειν take prisoner, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.37, 4.4.1] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰ. γίγνεσθαι to be taken, [[[prev. work] 3.1.7] Refs]; of things, αἰ. χρήματα[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 400, compare “Ag.” 334, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.139; νῆες 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.8, “IG” 2.789] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ αἰ. booty, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.26, “An.” 4.1.13] Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἰχμάλωτον, τό, ={ἀνδράποδον}, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.57. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II ={αἰχμαλωτικός, δουλοσύνη αἰ}. such as awaits a captive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.76; εὐνά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 364 (Lyric poetry); τύχη 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 27.6, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.157. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III αἰχμάλωτος, ὁ, name of plasters, [[ 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 15.20.] Refs 6th c.AD+]