ἐνέχυρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[ἐχυρός]]) [[pledge]], [[security]], <b class="b3">ἐνέχυρον ἀποδεικνύναι</b> and [[ὑποτιθέναι]] to [[offer a pledge]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.136; ἐνέχυρα ἀποδιδόναι And.1.39; [[λαμβάνειν]] ibid., X.''An.''7.6.23; ἐνέχυρα βίᾳ φέρειν Antipho 6.11; ἐνέχυρον φέρειν τῶν γειτόνων Hermipp.29; τὰ ἐ. τινων ''PHib.''1.46 (iii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἐνέχυρον τιθέναι τι</b> make a thing a [[pledge]], put it in [[pawn]], Ar.''Pl.''451, cf. ''Ec.''755; ἐνέχυρον κεῖται Pl.''Lg.''820e; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐνεχύρῳ δοῦναι</b> give on [[security]], D.49.2; ἐπ' ἐνεχύροις [[δανείζειν]] Ph.1.634; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶν ἐνεχύρων τῶν ὠφληκότων τὴν δίκην</b> from the [[forfeit]]ed [[pledge]]s, IG2.814a ''A''26 (iv B.C.): metaph. in plural, [[hostage]]s, of wives and children, Aen. Tact.5.1, cf. Ph.1.323 (sg.).