betroth
From LSJ
ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → root of all the evils is the love of money, for every possible kind of evil can be motivated by the love of money
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐκδιδόναι (also mid.), συνοικίζειν, ἐγγυᾶν, V. κατεγγυᾶν, νυμφεύειν, μνηστεύειν, ἁρμόζειν.
have betrothed to one: P. ἐγγυᾶσθαι (acc.).
Creon announces that he will betroth me to him who should discover the riddle of the wise maiden: V. Κρέων… κηρύσσει ὅστις σοφῆς αἴνιγμα παρθένου μάθοι τούτῳ συνάψειν λέκτρα (Eur., Phoenissae 47).
