ἐγγύη

eggye

pledge put into oneʼs hand

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 5
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Book VI 1
Chapter ?

774e4
Book IX 3
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872a5
872b2
873b2
Book XII 1
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953e5
Charmides 1
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165a3
Phaedo 1
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115d7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐγγύη (rarely ἐγγύα; but τὴν ἐγγύαν IGΙΙ(2).226 A 29 (Delph., iii B.C.), cf. Epich. (v. infr.), PSI 4.346 (iii B.C.)), ἡ: (ἐν, γύαλον, cf. ἐγγυαλίζω):—Α. pledge put into oneʼs hand: generally, surety, security, whether received or given, Od. 8.351; ἐ. τιθέναι τινί A. Eu. 898; ἐγγύας ἀποτίνειν ὑπέρ τινος Antipho 2.2.12; ἐ. ἐγγυᾶσθαι (v. ἐγγυάω II); ἀποδιδόναι D. 53.27; ἐ. ὁμολογεῖν, = Lat. vadimonium facere, D.H. 11.32, OGI 455.3 (Epist. M. Antonii); τῆς ἐ. τῆς ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν D. 33.10; ἐγγύας ἄτα ʼστι θυγάτηρ, ἐγγύα δὲ ζαμίας Epich. 268: prov., ἐγγύη, πάρα δʼ ἄτη Pl. Chrm. 165a, etc. 2. betrothal, Pl. Lg. 774e; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος Is. 3.28. 3. ἐ.· σημεῖον ἐν θυτικῇ, Hsch. [ῠ; ῡ only in AP 9.366.]

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