ransom (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. rĕdemptio2. prĕtium (the money paid for the ransom) • ransom (subs.): 1. rĕdemptio: to bring gold for the r. of the girl, aurum pro r. puellae afferre, Val. Max. 4, 3, 1: r. was refused to the prisoners, captivis r. negabatur, Liv. 25, 6. 2. prĕtium (the money paid for the ransom): to restore the prisoners without r., captivos sine p. reddere, Liv.: to dismiss all the prisoners without r., omnes captivos sine p. dimittere, Curt.: to pay the r. agreed upon for one's life, pactum pro capite p. afferre, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107. Also by phr.: pecuniae quibus aliquid redimitur, Suet. Caes. 4.