A.“τὴν ἐγγύαν” IG11(2).226 A 29 (Delph., iii B.C.), cf. Epich. (v. infr.), PSI4.346 (iii B.C.)), ἡ: (ἐν, γύαλον, cf. ἐγγυαλίζω):—pledge put into one's hand: generally, surety, security, whether received or given, Od.8.351; “ἐ. τιθέναι τινί” A.Eu.898; ἐγγύας “ἀποτίνειν ὑπέρ τινος” Antipho 2.2.12; ἐ. ἐγγυᾶσθαι (v. “ἐγγυάω” 11); “ἀποδιδόναι” D.53.27; ἐ. ὁμολογεῖν, = Lat. vadimonium facere, D.H.11.32, OGI455.3 (Epist. M. Antonii); “τῆς ἐ. τῆς ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν” D. 33.10; “ἐγγύας ἄτα 'στι θυγάτηρ, ἐγγύα δὲ ζαμίας” Epich.268: prov., “ἐγγύη, πάρα δ᾽ ἄτη” Pl.Chrm.165a, etc.
ἐγγύ-η (rarely ἐγγύα ; but