ἀρραβών: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[earnest-money]], [[caution-money]], deposited by the purchaser and forfeited if the purchase is not completed, ἀ. δοῦναί τινος <span class="bibl">Is.8.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1259a12</span>, Stilpoap.<span class="bibl">D.L.2.118</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>446.18</span> (ii A. D.): pl., [[deposit]]s required from public contractors, <span class="title">IPE</span>12.32<span class="hiitalic">B</span>34 (Olbia). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[pledge]], [[earnest]], τὴν τέχνην ἔχοντες ἀ. τοῦ ζῆν <span class="bibl">Antiph.123.6</span>; τοῦ δυστυχεῖν . . ἀ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Men.697</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span> 38.17</span>,<span class="bibl">18</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Eph.</span>1.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[present]], [[bribe]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Galb.</span>17</span>. (Semitic, prob. Phoenician, word, Hebr. <b class="b2">'ērābōn</b>: freq. written [[ἀραβών]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span> 67.14</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="title">Ep.Eph.</span> l. c., etc.) </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀρραβών· πρόδομα, καὶ ἄγκιστρον</b>, Hsch.</span>