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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

  • ταύτησ ἐστὶ τῆσ ἰδέασ ἥ τε πρὸσ Ἕρμωνα ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἐγγύησ ἀπολογία καὶ ἡ πρὸσ Εὐκλείδην ἀμφισβήτησισ ὑπὲρ τῆσ τοῦ χωρίου λύσεωσ καὶ ἡ ὑπὲρ Εὐφιλήτου πρὸσ τὸν Ἐρχιέων δῆμον ἔφεσισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 14 1:1)
  • εἶτα ἀγαγοῦσα αὐτὸν εἰσ τοὺσ φυλέτασ τοὺσ ἐμοὺσ παρενέγραψα καὶ ἀστὸν ἀπέφηνα, ὥστε τοὺσ διαμαρτόντασ τῆσ ἐγγύησ ἀποπνίγεσθαι. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 27:4)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ὡρ́αν ᾤετο πρὸσ γάμον ἔχειν, οὐδεμιᾷ γυναικὶ συνεληλυθώσ, ἡρμόσατο Λεπίδαν, πρότερον μὲν ἐγγυηθεῖσαν Σκηπίωνι Μετέλλῳ, τότε δὲ ἀπειπαμένου τοῦ Σκηπίωνοσ καὶ τῆσ ἐγγύησ λυθείσησ σχολάζουσαν. (Plutarch, Cato the Younger, chapter 7 1:1)
  • ὡσ δ’ ἤκουσα, τοῦτον μὲν ἀνοσιώτατον ἡγησάμην εἶναι τῷ ἐπιχειρήματι, ἐσκοπούμην δὲ ὅπωσ αὐτόσ τε ἀπολυθήσομαι τῆσ ἐγγύησ τῆσ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν, καὶ ὁ ξένοσ μὴ ἀπολεῖ ἃ δι’ ἐμοῦ τούτῳ ἐδάνεισεν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 13:1)
  • ὁ δ’ ὥσπερ ἀδικούμενοσ, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἀδικῶν ἐμέμφετό μοι, καὶ ἠρώτα εἰ οὐχ ἱκανόν μοι εἰή αὐτῷ ἀπολυθῆναι τῆσ ἐγγύησ τῆσ πρὸσ τὴν τράπεζαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀργυρίου τοῦ Παρμένοντοσ τὴν ναῦν κατεγγυῶ καὶ τοὺσ παῖδασ, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπου φυγάδοσ ἀπεχθανοίμην αὑτῷ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 14:2)

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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