ζωγρ-έω,
(ζωός, ἀγρέω) take, save alive, take captive instead of killing, ζώγρει, Ἀτρέος υἱέ, σὺ δ᾽ ἄξια δέξαι ἄποινα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.46, compare 10.378, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, etc.; εἷλε.. καὶ ἐζώγρησε [prev. author] 3.52; τοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτειναν, τινὰς δὲ καὶ ἐζώγρησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.92; πλὴν ὅσον ἐκ τριῶν νεῶν οὓς ἐζώγρησαν [prev. author] 7.23 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πλὴν μηδαμῇ μηδαμῶς ζωγροῦντας provided that they do not spare him alive, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 868c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to διαφθείρειν, ἀποκτεῖναι, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.84.10, LXX.Num.31.18: _metaphorically_, ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν NT.Luke.5.10 ] NT+2nd c.BC+]; of ships, ἃς ἐζώγρησεν αὐτάνδρους [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 7.6 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, 5.77. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II restore to life and strength, revive, περὶ δὲ πνοιὴ Βορέαο ζώγρει ἐπιπνείουσα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.698 (quoted by 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 2.3)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; preserve alive, ζώγρει, δέσποτ᾽ ἄναξ, τὸν σὸν ναετῆρα [[ “epigram Gr.” 841.7 (Thrace, 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]