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[[he pledged him in the loving cup]]: [[prose|P.]] [[φιλοτησίας προὔπινε]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 380). | [[he pledged him in the loving cup]]: [[prose|P.]] [[φιλοτησίας προὔπινε]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 380). | ||
[[pledging many a bumper]]: [[verse|V.]] [[πυκνὴν ἄμυστιν… δεξιούμενοι]] ([[Euripides | [[pledging many a bumper]]: [[verse|V.]] [[πυκνὴν ἄμυστιν… δεξιούμενοι]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Rhesus]]'' 419). | ||
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[[something mortgaged]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐνέχυρον]], τό, [[σύμβολον]], τό, [[prose|P.]] [[ὑποθήκη]], ἡ. | [[something mortgaged]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐνέχυρον]], τό, [[σύμβολον]], τό, [[prose|P.]] [[ὑποθήκη]], ἡ. | ||
[[hostage]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὅμηρος]], ὁ or ἡ ([[Euripides | [[hostage]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὅμηρος]], ὁ or ἡ ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 1189), [[verse|V.]] [[ῥύσιον]], τό. | ||
[[seize as a pledge]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ῥυσιάζειν]]. | [[seize as a pledge]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ῥυσιάζειν]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:44, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
deposit as security: P. ὑποτιθέναι, Ar. ἐνέχυρον τιθέναι.
betroth: P. and V. ἐγγυᾶν, V. κατεγγυᾶν; see betroth.
pledge oneself, give security: Ar. and P. ἐγγυᾶσθαι, P. and V. πίστιν διδόναι, πιστὰ διδόναι, V. πιστοῦσθαι.
promise: P. and V. ὑπισχνεῖσθαι, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, V. ὑπίσχεσθαι, ἐξαγγέλλεσθαι; see promise.
drink a health to: P. προπίνειν (dat.) (Xen.) (also absol., Ar., Thesmophoriazusae 631).
he pledged him in the loving cup: P. φιλοτησίας προὔπινε (Dem. 380).
pledging many a bumper: V. πυκνὴν ἄμυστιν… δεξιούμενοι (Euripides, Rhesus 419).
substantive
P. and V. πίστις, ἡ, πιστόν, τό, or pl., V. πιστώματα, τά.
bail, security: P. and V. ἐγγύη, ἡ.
something mortgaged: Ar. and P. ἐνέχυρον, τό, σύμβολον, τό, P. ὑποθήκη, ἡ.
hostage: P. and V. ὅμηρος, ὁ or ἡ (Euripides, Orestes 1189), V. ῥύσιον, τό.
seize as a pledge: V. ῥυσιάζειν.
promise: P. and V. ὑπόσχεσις, ἡ.
pledge ratified by giving the right hand: P. and V. δεξιά, ἡ (Xen.), V. δεξίωμα, τό.
give me your hand as pledge: V. ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν (Sophocles, Philebus 813).
giving the right hand as pledge: V. προσθεὶς χεῖρα δεξιάν (Sophocles, Philebus 942).
