Ἐνέχυρον
pledge, security
Translated by David Whitehead25 Apr 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] what is given to cover a debt.1
They say not only pledges/securities [sc. in the plural] but also pledge/security [sc. in the singular]. Amongst prohibited things, it seems, is to deposit arms as pledges. So he is saying about Penia [Poverty] that by her own force she compels [people] to break the laws which decreed not depositing arms as pledges.2
They say not only pledges/securities [sc. in the plural] but also pledge/security [sc. in the singular]. Amongst prohibited things, it seems, is to deposit arms as pledges. So he is saying about Penia [Poverty] that by her own force she compels [people] to break the laws which decreed not depositing arms as pledges.2