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ἐχέγγυος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐχέγγυος ἐχέγγυον

Structure: ἐχεγγυ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)ggu/h

Sense

  1. having given or able to give security, trust-worthy, secure, to be relied on, security, sufficiently strong
  2. having received a pledge, secured against danger

Examples

  • ἕτεροι δ’ οὐδὲ ταύταισ ᾤοντο δεῖν ἐπιτρέπειν τὴν ἔξοδον, ἐπιμελῶσ δὲ καὶ ταύτασ παρῄνουν φυλάττειν, ὅμηρα νομίσαντασ ἔχειν παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων ἐχέγγυα τοῦ μηδὲν τὴν πόλιν ἀνήκεστον ὑπ’ αὐτῶν παθεῖν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 43 6:1)

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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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