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ὑπέγγυ^ος , ον,
A.under surety:
I. of persons, having given surety, liable to be called to account or punished, A.Ch.38 (lyr.); ὑ. πλὴν θανάτου liable to any punishment short of death, Hdt.5.71: c. dat., γὸ γὰρ ὑπέγγυον δίκᾳ καὶ θεοῖσιν liability to human and divine justice, E.Hec.1027 (lyr.).
2. of things, legitimate, γάμος ὑ., opp. ἀνέγγυος, Poll.3.34.
II. pledged, hypothecated, BGU1792.7 (i B. C.), POxy.507.31 (ii A. D.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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