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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[having given]] or [[able to give security]], [[trustworthy]], [[secure]], δόμοι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>387</span>; λόγος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>192</span>; ποιεῖν δόσιν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 759</span>; <b class="b3">ζημία ἐ</b>. a penalty to [[be relied on]] (for the prevention of crime), <span class="bibl">Th.3.46</span>; φρουρά <span class="bibl">D.H.2.37</span>: Comp. -ώτερος <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>26.321d</span>: Sup. -ώτατος, μάρτυς <span class="bibl">Ath.9.398f</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς φρουρᾶς ἐ</b>. [[security]], <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.13.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν, εἰς σωτηρίαν</b>, Plu.2.595 f, 1055b: c.gen., σωφροσύνης τρόπος οὗτος ἐ. <span class="title">AP</span>10.56.11 (Pall.); <b class="b3">ἀπορρήτων ἐ</b>. [[safe to be entrusted with]] secrets, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Publ.</span>4</span>; <b class="b3">ἀξίωμα ἐ. πρὸς ἡγεμονίαν</b> [[equal]] to command, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Per.</span>37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdn.3.13.4</span>: c. inf., [[sufficiently strong]] to... <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Aem.</span> 8</span>, <span class="bibl">2.923c</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐ. πρὸς τὸ ἀριθμεῖν</b> not [[sufficient justification]] for counting... Longin. ap. <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Plot.</span>20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[having received a pledge]], [[secured against danger]], ἱκέτης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>284</span>.</span>