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Headword: Ἔγγυον
Adler number: epsilon,168
Translated headword: secure
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Safe.[1] And ἔγγυος [also means] one who give security.
And ἐγγυωμένη [means something feminine which is] making sure. Pisides [writes]: "now let the moon shine at the full, making sure, with Chosroes ceasing, that the Persians no longer bewitch creation."[2]
Greek Original:
Ἔγγυον: ἀσφαλές. καὶ Ἔγγυος, ὁ ἐγγυητής. καὶ Ἐγγυωμένη, ἀσφαλιζομένη. Πισίδης: νῦν πανσέληνος ἡ σελήνη λαμπέτω, τοῦ Χοσρόου λήγοντος, ἐγγυωμένη Πέρσας τὸ λοιπὸν μὴ θεουργεῖν τὴν κτίσιν.
Notes:
[1] cf. epsilon 51.
[2] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 1.6-8.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; history; military affairs; poetry
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 June 2005@00:48:45.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 3 June 2005@03:05:23.
Catharine Roth (my typo) on 3 June 2005@12:20:05.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr) on 5 June 2005@03:58:52.
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