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ἀνέγγυος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνέγγυος ἀνέγγυη ἀνέγγυον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + νεγγυ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)ggu/h

Sense

  1. not accredited, unwedded

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ οὔτε ἀνεγγύουσ ἐποίησαν ὥσπερ ἔνιοι τῶν βαρβάρων τὰσ ἀφροδισίουσ μίξεισ οὔτε ἀφῆκαν ὥσπερ Λακεδαιμόνιοι τὰσ τῶν γυναικῶν φυλακάσ, ἀλλὰ πολλοὺσ ἔθεσαν ἐπ’ αὐταῖσ νόμουσ σωφρονιστάσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 24 8:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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