ἐγγυάω

enguaōVerbG6999

to guarantee a loan

Full Lexicon Entry

1.to give or hand over as a pledge, Lat. spondere, and in Mid. to have a thing pledged to one, accept as a surety, (Odyssey by Homer)
2.of a father to give his daughter in marriage, to plight, betroth, (Herdotus Historicus):—;Mid. to have a woman betrothed to one, (Demosthenes Orator)
3.Mid. also to pledge oneself, give security, (Plato Philosophus), etc.: with accusative et infinitive future to promise or engage that . , (Aristophanes Comicus)
4.with accusative rei, to answer for, (Demosthenes Orator)

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