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ἐγγυητής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγγυητής ἐγγυητές

Structure: ἐγγυητη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)ggua/w

Sense

  1. one who gives security, a surety

Examples

  • χωρὶσ δὲ τούτων ἐνθυμήθητε, διὰ τί ἄν ποτε ὁ πατήρ, εἴπερ ἡ μὲν ἐμὴ μήτηρ μὴ ἦν ἐγγυητὴ μηδὲ ἠνέγκατο προῖκα, ἡ δὲ τούτων ἠνέγκατο, τοὺσ μὲν οὐκ ἔφη αὑτοῦ υἱεῖσ εἶναι, ἐμὲ δὲ καὶ ἐποιεῖτο καὶ ἐπαίδευεν; (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 32:1)

Synonyms

  1. one who gives security

Related

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

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