ἐγγυητής

eggyetes

one who gives security, surety, guarantor

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 6
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Book IX 2
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871e4
871e5
Book XI 3
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914d3
914e7
937b1
Book XII 1
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954a1
Alcibiades I 1
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134e3
Apology 1
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38b9
Letters 1
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346b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐγγυητής, οῦ, ὁ, A. one who gives security, surety, guarantor, ἐγγυητὴν καθιστάναι Hdt. 1.196, Antipho 5.17, Lys. 23.12, IG 22.1172.22, etc.; ἄξιος ἐ. τινος Thphr. Char. 18.6; παρέχειν Pl. Lg. 871e; λαμβάνειν τινὰ ἐ. D. 33.7; διδόναι Plb. 12.16.3, etc.; ἐπʼ ἐγγυητῶν ἐκμισθοῦν under securities, X. Vect. 3.14; ἐ. τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἀξιόχρεως for the money, Pl. Ap. 38c; οἱ ἐ. τῆς τραπέζης those who had given security for the bank (and were liable in case of its failure), D. 33.10; ὁ νόμος ἐ. ἀλλήλοις τῶν δικαίων Arist. Pol. 1280b11; τὸ νόμισμα οἷον ἐ. ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀλλαγῆς Id. EN 1133b12; εἰ μή τις θεῶν ἐστιν ἐ., ὡς . . D.H. 11.41.

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