ἐγγυητής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">one who gives security, surety, guarantor</b>, ἐγγυητὴν καθιστάναι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.196</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.23.12</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1172.22, etc.; ἄξιος ἐ. τινος <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span> 18.6</span>; παρέχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>871e</span>; λαμβάνειν τινὰ ἐ. <span class="bibl">D.33.7</span>; διδόναι <span class="bibl">Plb. 12.16.3</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἐγγυητῶν ἐκμισθοῦν</b> under <b class="b2">securities</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>3.14</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἀξιόχρεως</b> for the money, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>38c</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἐ. τῆς τραπέζης</b> <b class="b2">those who had given security</b> for the bank (and were liable in case of its failure), <span class="bibl">D.33.10</span>; ὁ νόμος ἐ. ἀλλήλοις τῶν δικαίων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span> 1280b11</span>; τὸ νόμισμα οἷον ἐ. ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀλλαγῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1133b12</span>; εἰ μή τις θεῶν ἐστιν ἐ., ὡς . . <span class="bibl">D.H.11.41</span>.</span>