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ἐγγύη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγγύη

Structure: ἐγγυ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)n, gu/alon

Sense

  1. a pledge put into the hand: surety, security

Declension

First declension

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

  • ἀλλ’ εἴ γε μέντοι νὴ Δί’ ἐγγυᾷ σύ μοι ἥξειν ἐκεῖνον ὡσ ἔμ’, οἴσω τὰσ χύτρασ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode27)
  • "φράσαιμι πρότερον ἢ πυθέσθαι παρὰ τούτων ὅ τι βούλεται τὸ μηδὲν ἄγαν αὐτοῖσ καὶ τὸ γνῶθι σαυτόν, καὶ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ πολλοὺσ μὲν ἀγάμουσ πολλοὺσ δ’ ἀπίστουσ ἐνίουσ δὲ καὶ ἀφώνουσ πεποιηκὸσ ἐγγύα πάρα δ’ ἄτα. (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 21 9:1)
  • τὴν τοίνυν περιφανῶσ ἐγνωσμένην ξένην εἶναι καὶ ἐφ’ ᾗ μοιχὸν οὗτοσ ἐτόλμησε λαβεῖν, εἰσ τοσοῦτον ὕβρεωσ καὶ ἀναιδείασ ἦλθεν Στέφανοσ οὑτοσὶ καὶ Νέαιρα αὑτηί, ὥστε ἐτόλμησαν μὴ ἀγαπᾶν εἰ ἔφασκον αὐτὴν ἀστὴν εἶναι, ἀλλὰ κατιδόντεσ Θεογένην Κοιρωνίδην λαχόντα βασιλέα, ἄνθρωπον εὐγενῆ μέν, πένητα δὲ καὶ ἄπειρον πραγμάτων, συμπαραγενόμενοσ αὐτῷ δοκιμαζομένῳ καὶ συνευπορήσασ ἀναλωμάτων, ὅτε εἰσῄει εἰσ τὴν ἀρχήν, Στέφανοσ οὑτοσί, καὶ ὑπελθὼν καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν παρ’ αὐτοῦ πριάμενοσ, πάρεδροσ γενόμενοσ, δίδωσι τὴν ἄνθρωπον ταύτην γυναῖκα, τὴν τῆσ Νεαίρασ θυγατέρα, καὶ ἐγγυᾷ Στέφανοσ οὑτοσὶ ὡσ αὑτοῦ θυγατέρα οὖσαν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 110:1)
  • ἀπεφθέγξατο, "ἐγγύα, πάρα δ’ ἄτα. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. g'. XILWN 6:6)
  • ἔπειτα καὶ τὰ τῶν ἑπτὰ σοφῶν σκεπτικὰ εἶναι, οἱο͂ν τὸ Μηδὲν ἄγαν, καὶ Ἐγγύα, πάρα δ’ ἄτα· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 11:3)

Synonyms

  1. a pledge put into the hand

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

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