ἐχέγγυος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[having given security]] or [[able to give security]], [[trustworthy]], [[secure]], δόμοι E.Med.387; λόγος Id.Andr.192; ποιεῖν δόσιν ἐ. Id.Ph. 759; [[ζημία]] ἐχέγγυος = a [[penalty]] [[to be relied on]] (for the [[prevention]] of [[crime]]), Th.3.46; [[φρουρά]] D.H.2.37: Comp. ἐχεγγυώτερος Them.Or.26.321d: Sup. ἐχεγγυώτατος, [[μάρτυς]] Ath.9.398f; τὸ τῆς [[φρουρά|φρουρᾶς]] ἐχέγγυον [[security]], Hdn.2.13.8; ἐχέγγυος πρὸς [[ἀσφάλεια]]ν, ἐχέγγυος εἰς [[σωτηρία]]ν, Plu.2.595 f, 1055b: c.gen., [[σωφροσύνη]]ς [[τρόπος]] [[οὗτος]] ἐχέγγυος AP10.56.11 (Pall.); [[ἀπόρρητον|ἀπορρήτων]] ἐχέγγυος = [[safe]] to be [[entrust]]ed with [[secret]]s, Plu.Publ.4; [[ἀξίωμα]] ἐχέγγυον πρὸς [[ἡγεμονία]]ν = [[equal]] to [[command]], Id.Per.37, cf. Hdn.3.13.4: c. inf., [[sufficiently]] [[strong]] to... Plu.Aem. 8, 2.923c; οὐκ ἐχέγγυος πρὸς τὸ [[ἀριθμεῖν]] not = [[sufficient]] [[justification]] for [[counting]]... Longin. ap. Porph.Plot.20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[having received a pledge]], [[secured against danger]], ἱκέτης S.OC284.