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ἐγγύ-ησις

egguesis · ἡ

security, right of giving security, betrothal

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What it meant — LSJ

security, right of giving security

security, CIG 2953 b38 (Delos(?)), BGU 981.36 (i A.D.), v.l. in D. 24.73; right of giving security, IG 2(2).10.

II betrothal

betrothal, Is. 3.53; κατʼ ἐγγύησιν Alciphr. 3.1.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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