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ἐγγυάω?

α-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration: engyaō

Principal Part: ἐγγυάω

Structure: ἐγγυά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: ἐγγύη

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 ἐγγύατον ἐγγύατον
Plural ἐγγύωμεν ἐγγύατε ἐγγύωσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular ἐγγύω ἐγγύῃς ἐγγύῃ
Dual ἐγγύητον ἐγγύητον
Plural ἐγγύωμεν ἐγγύητε ἐγγύωσι(ν)
OptativeSingular ἐγγύῳμι ἐγγύῳς ἐγγύῳ
Dual ἐγγύῳτον ἐγγυῷτην
Plural ἐγγύῳμεν ἐγγύῳτε ἐγγύῳεν
ImperativeSingular ἐγγῦα ἐγγυᾶτω
Dual ἐγγύατον ἐγγυᾶτων
Plural ἐγγύατε ἐγγυῶντων, ἐγγυᾶτωσαν
Infinitive ἐγγύαν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἐγγυων ἐγγυωντος ἐγγυωσα ἐγγυωσης ἐγγυων ἐγγυωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐγγύωμαι ἐγγύᾳ ἐγγύαται
Dual ἐγγύασθον ἐγγύασθον
Plural ἐγγυῶμεθα ἐγγύασθε 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 ἐγγύασθον ἐγγυᾶσθων
Plural ἐγγύασθε ἐγγυᾶσθων, ἐγγυᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἐγγύασθαι
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

  • ἀνὴρ ἄφρων ἐπικροτεῖ καὶ ἐπιχαίρει ἑαυτῷ, ὡς καὶ ὁ ἐγγυώμενος ἐγγύῃ τῶν ἑαυτοῦ φίλων. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 17:20)
  • ἐγγύη πολλοὺς ἀπώλεσε κατευθύνοντας καὶ ἐσάλευσεν αὐτοὺς ὡς κῦμα θαλάσσης. ἄνδρας δυνατοὺς ἀπῴκισε καὶ ἐπλανήθησαν ἐν ἔθνεσιν ἀλλοτρίοις. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 29:17)
  • "καθόλου δὲ ᾐτιῶντο τὸν Ἀριστοτέλη διημαρτηκέναι τῶν Λοκρικῶν ἐθῶν οὐδὲ γὰρ κεκτῆσθαι νόμον εἶναι τοῖς Λοκροῖς, ὁμοίως δὲ οὐδὲ Φωκεῦσιν, οὔτε θεραπαίνας οὔτε οἰκέτας πλὴν ἐγγύῃ τῶν χρόνων, ἀλλὰ πρώτῃ τῇ Φιλομήλου γυναικὶ τοῦ καταλαβόντος Δελφοὺς δύο θεραπαίνας ἀκολουθῆσαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:41)
  • "σπουδάζων δὲ τούτων Ὅμηρον εὑρετὴν ἀποδείκνυσι καί φησι τὸν μὲν Ἕκτορα γιγνώσκειν ἑαυτόν, τοῖς γὰρ ἄλλοις ἐπιτιθέμενος Αἰάντος ἀλέεινε μάχην Τελαμωνιάδαο τὸν δ Ὀδυσσέα τοῦ μηδὲν ἄγαν ἐπαινέτην τῷ Διομήδει παρακελεύεσθαι Τυδείδη, μήτ ἄρ με μάλ αἴνεε μήτε τι νείκει τὴν δ ἐγγύην οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι λοιδορεῖν αὐτὸν ὡς πρᾶγμα δείλαιον καὶ μάταιον οἰόνται λέγοντα δειλαί τοι δειλῶν γε καὶ ἐγγύαι ἐγγυάασθαι, Χερσίας δ οὑτοσί φησι τὴν Ἄτην ὑπὸ τοῦ Διὸς ῥιφῆναι τῇ ἐγγύῃ παραγιγνομένην ἣν ἐγγυησάμενος ὁ Ζεὺς ἐσφάλη περὶ τῆς τοῦ Ἡρακλέους γενέσεως. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 21 10:3)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἠγγυησάμην ἐγὼ τούτῳ τὸν Παρμένοντα, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως τούτῳ μὲν ὑπὲρ ἐκείνου ἀπηχθόμην, πρόνοιαν ποιούμενος ὅπως μὴ ἀπολεῖ ἃ δι ἐμοῦ τούτῳ συνέβαλεν, αὐτὸς δ ἐμαυτὸν περιεῖδον ἂν ὑπ ἐκείνου πρὸς τοῦτον ἐν ἐγγύῃ καταλειπόμενον. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 39:1)

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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