περισώζω

A. save alive ( = σῴζειν τινὰ ὥστε περιεῖναι), save from death or ruin, X. HG 2.3.25, etc.; π. τὴν πόλιν ib.6.5.47 :—Med., ἑταίραν χρηστὴν σεαυτῷ περιεσώσω Alciphr. 1.30 :—Pass., escape with one's life, of a prisoner, X. HG 2.3.32, cf. 4.8.21, Phld. Rh. 1.28 S.; αἰσχρῶς App. Sam. 4.7; ἐκ μάχης D.C. 46.50; of things, survive, οἷον λείψανα περισεσῶσθαι Arist. Metaph. 1074b13.