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ἔγγυος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔγγυος

Structure: ἐγγυ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)ggu/h

Sense

  1. giving security

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative έ̓γγυος ἐγγύη έ̓γγυον
Genitive ἐγγύου ἐγγύης ἐγγύου
Dative ἐγγύῳ ἐγγύῃ ἐγγύῳ
Accusative έ̓γγυον ἐγγύην έ̓γγυον
Vocative έ̓γγυε ἐγγύη έ̓γγυον
DualN/A/V ἐγγύω ἐγγύᾱ ἐγγύω
G/D ἐγγύοιν ἐγγύαιν ἐγγύοιν
PluralNominative έ̓γγυοι έ̓γγυαι έ̓γγυα
Genitive ἐγγύων ἐγγυῶν ἐγγύων
Dative ἐγγύοις ἐγγύαις ἐγγύοις
Accusative ἐγγύους ἐγγύᾱς έ̓γγυα
Vocative έ̓γγυοι έ̓γγυαι έ̓γγυα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̓γγυος ἐγγύου ἐγγυώτερος ἐγγυωτέρου ἐγγυώτατος ἐγγυωτάτου
Adverb ἐγγύως ἐγγυώτερον ἐγγυώτατα

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

  • Χάριτασ ἐγγύου μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ, ἔδωκε γὰρ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ σοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 29:15)
  • ἀγαθὰ ἐγγύου ἀνατρέψει ἁμαρτωλόσ, καὶ ἀχάριστοσ ἐν διανοίᾳ ἐγκαταλείψει ρυσάμενον. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 29:16)
  • τινὲσ μὲν οὖν ἐπῄνουν τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆσ πρὸσ τοὺσ φίλουσ εὐνοίασ, τινὲσ δὲ τοῦ ἐγγύου προπέτειαν καὶ μανίαν κατεγίνωσκον. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri x, chapter 4 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. giving security

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

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