ἐγγυητής
Τίς, ξένος ὦ ναυηγέ; Λεόντιχος ἐνθάδε νεκρὸν εὗρέ σ᾿ ἐπ᾿ αἰγιαλοῦ, χῶσε δὲ τῷδε τάφῳ, δακρύσας ἐπίκηρον ἑὸν βίον· οὐδὲ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἥσυχος, αἰθυίῃ δ᾿ ἶσα θαλασσοπορεῖ. → Who art thou, shipwrecked stranger? Leontichus found thee here dead on the beach, and buried thee in this tomb, weeping for his own uncertain life; for he also rests not, but travels over the sea like a gull.
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ,
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.
