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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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Words With Similar Definitions
Greek1: encheirithetos 2: eischeirizô 3: engualizô 4: asphalisma 5: dienguêma
Latin1: obses 2: inviscero 3: cautela 4: sublabro 5: hypotheca
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engu-ê (rarely engua; but tên enguan IG11(2).226 A 29 (Delph., iii B.C.), cf. Epich. (v. infr.), PSI4.346 (iii B.C.)), hê: (en, gualon, cf. engualizô ):--

  • pledge put into one's hand: generally, surety, security, whether received or given, Hom. Od. 8.351; e. tithenai tini Aesch. Eum. 898; enguas apotinein huper tinos Antiph. 2.2.12; e. enguasthai (v. enguaô II); apodidonai Dem. 53.27; e. homologein, = Lat. vadimonium facere, D.H.11.32, OGI455.3 (Epist. M. Antonii); tês e. tês epi tên trapezan Dem. 33.10; enguas ata 'sti thugatêr, engua de zamias Epich.268: prov., enguê, para d' atê Plat. Charm. 165a, etc.

    2. betrothal,     Plat. Laws 774e; e. poieisthai tinos Isaeus 3.28.

    3. e.: sêmeion en thutikêi, Hsch. [u^; u_ only in AP9.366.] engu-êma, atos, to, security, PMasp.169.14 (vi A.D.).