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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

Examples

  • κατὰ τοσοῦτο καὶ κρείττονοσ διαθήκησ γέγονεν ἔγγυοσ Ιἠσοῦσ. (PROS EBRAIOUS, chapter 7 23:1)
  • τοῦ δὲ δυνάστου θαυμάσαντοσ, εἰ τοιοῦτόσ ἐστι φίλοσ ὃσ ἑαυτὸν εἰσ τὴν εἱρκτὴν ἀντ’ ἐκείνου παραδώσει, προσεκαλέσατό τινα τῶν γνωρίμων ὁ Φιντίασ, Δάμωνα ὄνομα, Πυθαγόρειον φιλόσοφον, ὃσ οὐδὲ διστάσασ ἔγγυοσ εὐθὺσ ἐγενήθη τοῦ θανάτου. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri x, chapter 4 5:1)

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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