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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

  • ὁρῶν δὲ Φράστωρ αὐτὴν οὔτε κοσμίαν οὖσαν οὔτ’ ἐθέλουσαν αὑτοῦ ἀκροᾶσθαι, ἅμα δὲ καὶ πεπυσμένοσ σαφῶσ ἤδη ὅτι Στεφάνου μὲν οὐκ εἰή θυγάτηρ, Νεαίρασ δέ, τὸ δὲ πρῶτον ἐξηπατήθη, ὅτ’ ἠγγυᾶτο ὡσ Στεφάνου θυγατέρα λαμβάνων καὶ οὐ Νεαίρασ, ἀλλὰ τούτῳ ἐξ ἀστῆσ αὐτὴν γυναικὸσ οὖσαν πρότερον πρὶν ταύτῃ συνοικῆσαι, ὀργισθεὶσ δ’ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἅπασιν, καὶ ὑβρίσθαι ἡγούμενοσ καὶ ἐξηπατῆσθαι, ἐκβάλλει τὴν ἄνθρωπον ὡσ ἐνιαυτὸν συνοικήσασ αὐτῇ, κυοῦσαν, καὶ τὴν προῖκα οὐκ ἀποδίδωσιν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 79:1)
  • ἐγγυήσασθε οὖν με πρὸσ Κρίτωνα, ἔφη, τὴν ἐναντίαν ἐγγύην ἢ ἣν οὗτοσ πρὸσ τοὺσ δικαστὰσ ἠγγυᾶτο. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 926:5)
  • ὁ δ’ ὡμολόγει καὶ θαρρεῖν ἐκέλευε καὶ ἠγγυᾶτο μηδὲν αὐτοὺσ κακὸν πείσεσθαι πειθομένουσ Σεύθῃ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 4 16:2)

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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