Ἐγγυήσασθαι
to have [a woman] betrothed [to oneself]
Translated by Catharine Roth2 Jun 2005Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to court.1
Also [sc. attested is the phrase]e)gguhth\ gunh/ ["fiancee"], a woman who is betrothed. Procopius [writes]: "[Antonina] became Belisarius' fiancee after she had already become mother of many children. So at once she thought fit to be an adultress in succession [sc. to her other roles]."2
Also [sc. attested is the phrase]