- ἐγγυάω
- to guarantee a loan
- 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 , [8th/7th c.BC, 5th/4th c.BC]
2. of a father to give his daughter in marriage, to plight, betroth , [Refs 5th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]:—;Mid. to have a woman betrothed to one , [Refs 4th c.BC]
3. Mid. also to pledge oneself, give security , [5th/4th c.BC], etc.: c. acc. et inf. fut. to promise or engage that . . , [5th/4th c.BC, 5th/4th c.BC]
4. c. acc. rei, to answer for , [Refs 4th c.BC] (ML)