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ἐγγυάω

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγγυάω

Structure: ἐγγυά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e)ggu/h

Sense

  1. to give or hand over as a pledge, to have a thing pledged, accept as a surety
  2. to give his, in marriage, to plight, betroth, to have, betrothed to one
  3. to pledge oneself, give security, to promise or engage that . .
  4. to answer for

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐγγύω ἐγγύᾳς ἐγγύᾳ
Dual ἐγγύᾱτον ἐγγύᾱτον
Plural ἐγγύωμεν ἐγγύᾱτε ἐγγύωσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἐγγύω ἐγγύῃς ἐγγύῃ
Dual ἐγγύητον ἐγγύητον
Plural ἐγγύωμεν ἐγγύητε ἐγγύωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἐγγύῳμι ἐγγύῳς ἐγγύῳ
Dual ἐγγύῳτον ἐγγυῷτην
Plural ἐγγύῳμεν ἐγγύῳτε ἐγγύῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἐγγῦᾱ ἐγγυᾶτω
Dual ἐγγύᾱτον ἐγγυᾶτων
Plural ἐγγύᾱτε ἐγγυῶντων, ἐγγυᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἐγγύᾱν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐγγυων ἐγγυωντος ἐγγυωσα ἐγγυωσης ἐγγυων ἐγγυωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐγγύωμαι ἐγγύᾳ ἐγγύᾱται
Dual ἐγγύᾱσθον ἐγγύᾱσθον
Plural ἐγγυῶμεθα ἐγγύᾱσθε ἐγγύωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἐγγύωμαι ἐγγύῃ ἐγγύηται
Dual ἐγγύησθον ἐγγύησθον
Plural ἐγγυώμεθα ἐγγύησθε ἐγγύωνται
OptativeSingular ἐγγυῷμην ἐγγύῳο ἐγγύῳτο
Dual ἐγγύῳσθον ἐγγυῷσθην
Plural ἐγγυῷμεθα ἐγγύῳσθε ἐγγύῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἐγγύω ἐγγυᾶσθω
Dual ἐγγύᾱσθον ἐγγυᾶσθων
Plural ἐγγύᾱσθε ἐγγυᾶσθων, ἐγγυᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐγγύᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐγγυωμενος ἐγγυωμενου ἐγγυωμενη ἐγγυωμενης ἐγγυωμενον ἐγγυωμενου

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ εἴ γε μέντοι νὴ Δί’ ἐγγυᾷ σύ μοι ἥξειν ἐκεῖνον ὡσ ἔμ’, οἴσω τὰσ χύτρασ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode27)
  • "φράσαιμι πρότερον ἢ πυθέσθαι παρὰ τούτων ὅ τι βούλεται τὸ μηδὲν ἄγαν αὐτοῖσ καὶ τὸ γνῶθι σαυτόν, καὶ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ πολλοὺσ μὲν ἀγάμουσ πολλοὺσ δ’ ἀπίστουσ ἐνίουσ δὲ καὶ ἀφώνουσ πεποιηκὸσ ἐγγύα πάρα δ’ ἄτα. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 21 9:1)
  • τὴν τοίνυν περιφανῶσ ἐγνωσμένην ξένην εἶναι καὶ ἐφ’ ᾗ μοιχὸν οὗτοσ ἐτόλμησε λαβεῖν, εἰσ τοσοῦτον ὕβρεωσ καὶ ἀναιδείασ ἦλθεν Στέφανοσ οὑτοσὶ καὶ Νέαιρα αὑτηί, ὥστε ἐτόλμησαν μὴ ἀγαπᾶν εἰ ἔφασκον αὐτὴν ἀστὴν εἶναι, ἀλλὰ κατιδόντεσ Θεογένην Κοιρωνίδην λαχόντα βασιλέα, ἄνθρωπον εὐγενῆ μέν, πένητα δὲ καὶ ἄπειρον πραγμάτων, συμπαραγενόμενοσ αὐτῷ δοκιμαζομένῳ καὶ συνευπορήσασ ἀναλωμάτων, ὅτε εἰσῄει εἰσ τὴν ἀρχήν, Στέφανοσ οὑτοσί, καὶ ὑπελθὼν καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν παρ’ αὐτοῦ πριάμενοσ, πάρεδροσ γενόμενοσ, δίδωσι τὴν ἄνθρωπον ταύτην γυναῖκα, τὴν τῆσ Νεαίρασ θυγατέρα, καὶ ἐγγυᾷ Στέφανοσ οὑτοσὶ ὡσ αὑτοῦ θυγατέρα οὖσαν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 110:1)
  • ἀπεφθέγξατο, "ἐγγύα, πάρα δ’ ἄτα. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. g'. XILWN 6:6)
  • ἔπειτα καὶ τὰ τῶν ἑπτὰ σοφῶν σκεπτικὰ εἶναι, οἱο͂ν τὸ Μηδὲν ἄγαν, καὶ Ἐγγύα, πάρα δ’ ἄτα· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 11:3)

Synonyms

  1. to answer for

Derived

Similar forms

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

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