λύτρ-ον, τό,
(λύω) price of release:
__1 ransom, mostly in plural (later singular, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.84, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.295c, etc.), τῶν λ. τὴν δεκάτην] Refs 1st c.BC+] the tithe of the ransom-money, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.77 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἕκτορος λύτρα, title of [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] and of play by Aeschylus; λύτρα λαβεῖν τινος receive as ransom for.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.5; τῆς θυγατρὸς λύτρα φέρων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 393d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λύτρα ἀποδιδόναι, καταθεῖναι, pay ransom, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 53.11, 13] Refs 4th c.BC+]; εἰσενεγκεῖν εἰς λύτρα contribute towards it, [[[prev. work]7] Refs]; ἀφιέναι ἄνευ λύτρων release without ransom, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.16, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.100, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.169, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δώσουσιν ἕκαστος λύτρα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ a ransom of his soul, [[ LXX.Exo.30.12; _sing._ in “NT”, λ. ἀντὶ πολλῶν NT.Matt.20.28, NT.Mark.10.45; λ. ὑπὲρ γαμέτου “IG” 14.607f (from Carales)] LXX+NT]; plural, sum paid for manumission of a slave, [[ “POxy.” 48.6 (1st c.AD), etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__1.b sum paid for redemption of a pledge, in plural, [[ “PBad.” 3.4 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 atonement, τί γὰρ λ. πεσόντος αἵματο; (so Canter for λυγρόν) [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 48 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of blood-money, [[ LXX.Exo.21.30, +others ] LXX]