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ἐγγυάω

α-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἐγγυά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: e)ggu/h

Sense

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

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐγγύω	ἐγγύᾳς	ἐγγύᾳ
Dual		ἐγγύᾱτον	ἐγγύᾱτον
Plural	ἐγγύωμεν	ἐγγύᾱτε	ἐγγύωσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐγγύω	ἐγγύῃς	ἐγγύῃ
Dual		ἐγγύητον	ἐγγύητον
Plural	ἐγγύωμεν	ἐγγύητε	ἐγγύωσιν*
Optative	Singular	ἐγγύῳμι	ἐγγύῳς	ἐγγύῳ
Dual		ἐγγύῳτον	ἐγγυῷτην
Plural	ἐγγύῳμεν	ἐγγύῳτε	ἐγγύῳεν
Imperative	Singular		ἐγγῦᾱ	ἐγγυᾶτω
Dual		ἐγγύᾱτον	ἐγγυᾶτων
Plural		ἐγγύᾱτε	ἐγγυῶντων, ἐγγυᾶτωσαν
Infinitive	ἐγγύᾱν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐγγυων ἐγγυωντος	ἐγγυωσα ἐγγυωσης	ἐγγυων ἐγγυωντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐγγύωμαι	ἐγγύᾳ	ἐγγύᾱται
Dual		ἐγγύᾱσθον	ἐγγύᾱσθον
Plural	ἐγγυῶμεθα	ἐγγύᾱσθε	ἐγγύωνται
Subjunctive	Singular	ἐγγύωμαι	ἐγγύῃ	ἐγγύηται
Dual		ἐγγύησθον	ἐγγύησθον
Plural	ἐγγυώμεθα	ἐγγύησθε	ἐγγύωνται
Optative	Singular	ἐγγυῷμην	ἐγγύῳο	ἐγγύῳτο
Dual		ἐγγύῳσθον	ἐγγυῷσθην
Plural	ἐγγυῷμεθα	ἐγγύῳσθε	ἐγγύῳντο
Imperative	Singular		ἐγγύω	ἐγγυᾶσθω
Dual		ἐγγύᾱσθον	ἐγγυᾶσθων
Plural		ἐγγύᾱσθε	ἐγγυᾶσθων, ἐγγυᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive	ἐγγύᾱσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
ἐγγυωμενος ἐγγυωμενου	ἐγγυωμενη ἐγγυωμενης	ἐγγυωμενον ἐγγυωμενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐγγυῶντων, ἐγγυᾶτωσαν

Infinitive

ἐγγύᾱν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐγγυων ἐγγυωντος

ἐγγυωσα ἐγγυωσης

ἐγγυων ἐγγυωντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

ἐγγυᾶσθων, ἐγγυᾶσθωσαν

Infinitive

ἐγγύᾱσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

ἐγγυωμενος ἐγγυωμενου

ἐγγυωμενη ἐγγυωμενης

ἐγγυωμενον ἐγγυωμενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠγγῦων	ἠγγῦᾱς	ἠγγῦᾱν*
Dual		ἠγγύᾱτον	ἠγγυᾶτην
Plural	ἠγγύωμεν	ἠγγύᾱτε	ἠγγῦων
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἠγγυῶμην	ἠγγύω	ἠγγύᾱτο
Dual		ἠγγύᾱσθον	ἠγγυᾶσθην
Plural	ἠγγυῶμεθα	ἠγγύᾱσθε	ἠγγύωντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

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Plural

Middle/Passive

1st person

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Examples

ἐγγυᾶσθαι δὲ δεῖ τοῖσ υἱέσι γυναῖκασ μήτ’ εὐγενεστέρασ πολλῷ μήτε πλουσιωτέρασ· (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 192)
καὶ γὰρ οὐδὲ λόγον τὸ πρᾶγμ’ ἔχον ἐστίν, τὸν αὐτὸν αὑτῷ μὴ δυνάμενον κομίσασθαι τάλαντον, τοῦτον ἄλλῳ τινὶ φάσκειν ἀποτείσειν καὶ ταῦτ’ ἐγγυᾶσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 16:3)
Πλάτων δὲ ὅδε, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ Κρίτων καὶ Κριτόβουλοσ καὶ Ἀπολλόδωροσ κελεύουσί με τριάκοντα μνῶν τιμήσασθαι, αὐτοὶ δ’ ἐγγυᾶσθαι· (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 198:1)
οὔτε γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ὀθνείοισ πολέμοισ τὰσ βαθείασ τάφρουσ καὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ ἐρύματα ἱκανὰ εἶναι τοῖσ ἔνδον ἀπράγμονα σωτηρίασ ὑπόληψιν παρασχεῖν, ἀλλ’ ἕν τι μόνον ἐγγυᾶσθαι τὸ μηθὲν ἐξ ἐπιδρομῆσ κακὸν ὑπ’ ἐχθρῶν παθεῖν προκαταληφθέντασ, οὔθ’ ὅταν ἐμφύλιοι ταραχαὶ τὸ κοινὸν κατάσχωσι, τῶν ἰδίων οἴκων καὶ ἐνδιαιτημάτων τὰσ καταφυγὰσ ὑπάρχειν τινὶ ἀκινδύνουσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 3 3:1)
τοῦτο τοίνυν ἐποίησα, τοῦ κήρυκοσ ἐρωτῶντοσ, Αἰσχίνη, τίσ ἀγορεύειν βούλεται, οὐ τίσ αἰτιᾶσθαι περὶ τῶν παρεληλυθότων, οὐδὲ τίσ ἐγγυᾶσθαι τὰ μέλλοντ’ ἔσεσθαι; (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 281:1)

Derived

διεγγυάω (to give bail for, to take bail for, to be bailed)
ἐξεγγυάω (to free, by giving bail, to be bailed)
κατεγγυάω (to pledge, betroth, to make responsible)
παρεγγυάω (to hand over, to entrust or commend, to pass on)
συνεγγυάω (to join in betrothing)

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

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ἐγγυάω

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ἐγγυάω

Sense

Conjugation

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Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to answer for

Derived

Similar forms

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