Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπέγγυος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέγγυος ὑπέγγυον

Structure: ὑπεγγυ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. having given surety, liable to be called to account or punished, responsible, liable to any punishment, liability to

Examples

  • κριταί <τε> τῶνδ’ ὀνειράτων θεόθεν ἔλακον ὑπέγγυοι μέμφεσθαι τοὺσ γᾶσ νέρθεν περιθύμωσ τοῖσ κτανοῦσί τ’ ἐγκοτεῖν. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, antistrophe 12)

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

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