ἐγγύη
Ὁ κόσμος σκηνή, ὁ βίος πάροδος· ἦλθες, εἶδες, ἀπῆλθες → The world is a stage, life is your entrance: you came, you saw, you departed (Democritus fr. 115 D-K)
English (LSJ)
(rarely ἐγγύα; but
A τὴν ἐγγύαν IG11(2).226 A 29 (Delph., iii B.C.), cf. Epich. (v. infr.), PSI4.346 (iii B.C.)), ἡ: (ἐν, γύαλον, cf. ἐγγυαλίζω):—pledge put into one's hand: generally, surety, security, whether received or given, Od.8.351; ἐ. τιθέναι τινί A.Eu.898; ἐγγύας ἀποτίνειν ὑπέρ τινος Antipho 2.2.12; ἐ. ἐγγυᾶσθαι (v. ἐγγυάω 11); ἀποδιδόναι D.53.27; ἐ. ὁμολογεῖν, = Lat. vadimonium facere, D.H.11.32, OGI455.3 (Epist. M. Antonii); τῆς ἐ. τῆς ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν D. 33.10; ἐγγύας ἄτα 'στι θυγάτηρ, ἐγγύα δὲ ζαμίας Epich.268: prov., ἐγγύη, πάρα δ' ἄτη Pl.Chrm.165a, etc. 2 betrothal, Pl.Lg.774e; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος Is.3.28. 3 ἐ.· σημεῖον ἐν θυτικῇ, Hsch. [ῠ; ῡ only in AP9.366.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 701] ἡ (γυῖον), 1) die Bürgschaft, die in Einhändigung eines Pfandes besteht, Gewährleistung; Od. 8, 351; τιθέναι τινί, Aesch. Eum. 858; vgl. ἑγγυᾶσθαι; ἐγγύας ἀποτίνειν ὑπέρ τινος, Antiph. 2 β 12; ἡ ἐπί od. πρὸς τὴν τράπεζαν ἐγ., Dem. 33, 10. 11, die Caution beim Wechsler; ὁμολογεῖν, Bürgschaft geben, D. Hal. 11, 32. – 2) Verlobung; ἐγγύας ποιεῖσθαι, Dem. 46, 18; vgl. Plat. Legg. VI, 774 e; Plut. Cat. mai. 24.
