A.one who gives security, surety, guarantor, “ἐγγυητὴν καθιστάναι” Hdt.1.196, Antipho 5.17, Lys.23.12, IG22.1172.22, etc.; “ἄξιος ἐ. τινος” Thphr.Char. 18.6; “παρέχειν” Pl.Lg.871e; “λαμβάνειν τινὰ ἐ.” D.33.7; “διδόναι” Plb. 12.16.3, etc.; ἐπ᾽ ἐγγυητῶν ἐκμισθοῦν under securities, X.Vect.3.14; ἐ. τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἀξιόχρεως for the money, Pl.Ap.38c; οἱ ἐ. τῆς τραπέζης those who had given security for the bank (and were liable in case of its failure), D.33.10; “ὁ νόμος ἐ. ἀλλήλοις τῶν δικαίων” Arist.Pol. 1280b11; “τὸ νόμισμα οἷον ἐ. ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀλλαγῆς” Id.EN1133b12; “εἰ μή τις θεῶν ἐστιν ἐ., ὡς . . ” D.H.11.41.
ἐγγυ-ητής , οῦ, ὁ,
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
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