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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

  • ὅτι θεοὶ καὶ δαίμονεσ οἱ λαχόντεσ τὴν Οὐιεντανῶν πόλιν τοσοῦτον αὐτοῖσ ἐγγυῶνται χρόνον ἀσάλευτον φυλάξαι τὴν ἐκ προγόνων παραδοθεῖσαν εὐδαιμονίαν, ὅσον ἂν διαμένωσιν αἱ πηγαὶ τῆσ ἐν Ἀλβανῷ λίμνησ ὑπερχεόμεναι καὶ μέχρι θαλάττησ ἀπορρέουσαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 12, chapter 12 4:2)
  • ἀκηκόατε μὲν τοῦ νόμου, μνημονεύετε δ’ ἐξ αὐτοῦ μοι πρῶτον μὲν τὸ καὶ εἴ τινι τῶν ὀφειλόντων δεσμοῦ προστετίμηται ἢ τὸ λοιπὸν προστιμηθῇ, ἔπειθ’ ὅτι πλὴν περὶ τῶν τελωνῶν καὶ περὶ τῶν μισθουμένων, καὶ ὅσοι ταῦτ’ ἐγγυῶνται, χρῆσθαι κελεύει τῷ νόμῳ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 55:1)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἀγοράζουσι παρὰ τῶν τιμητῶν αὐτοὶ τὰσ ἐκδόσεισ, οἱ δὲ κοινωνοῦσι τούτοισ, οἱ δ’ ἐγγυῶνται τοὺσ ἠγορακότασ, οἱ δὲ τὰσ οὐσίασ διδόασι περὶ τούτων εἰσ τὸ δημόσιον. (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 17 4:1)

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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