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*zw/gria
Adler number: zeta,120
Translated headword: life-fees, rewards for life saved
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] ransoms by which life is preserved.[1]
Procopius [writes]: "by giving ransoms to Chosroes they saved the city and themselves."[2]
Greek Original:*zw/gria: di' w(=n lu/trwn to\ zh=n perigi/netai. *proko/pios: tw=| *xosro/h| zw/gria do/ntes th\n po/lin kai\ sfa=s au)tou\s diesw/santo.
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Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; ethics; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 25 May 2005@23:02:37.
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