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Κατεγγυᾶν · to betroth (κ 916) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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κ912tongued-down (?tongue-engaged); (sunk) under too many glosses (far-fetched).
κ913bewitched, cheated
κ914and then I woke up
κ915they began to record
κ916to betroth
κ917slept
κ918I dash to the ground
κ919was binding
κ920having been eaten up, having been corroded

Suda/Κ kappa/κ916

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Κατεγγυᾶν

to betroth

Translated by Catharine Roth20 Aug 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

biography
daily life
definition
ethics
gender and sexuality
women

2 notes · 35 words

Translation

[Meaning] to hand over.¹
"[...] and to betroth to him his own mother in marriage; so to choose which he desired, of relationship and servitude, and easily to obtain what is reckoned to be better."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατεγγυᾶν· παραδιδόναι. καὶ τὴν αὑτοῦ μητέρα γυναῖκα αὐτῷ κατεγγυᾶν· αἱρεῖσθαι οὖν, ὃ βούλεται, συγγενείας τε καὶ δουλείας καὶ ῥᾳδίως τεύξεσθαι τοῦ νομισθέντος ἀμείνονος.

Betacode

*kateggua=n: paradido/nai. kai\ th\n au(tou= mhte/ra gunai=ka au)tw=| kateggua=n: ai(rei=sqai ou)=n, o(\ bou/letai, suggenei/as te kai\ doulei/as kai\ r(a|di/ws teu/cesqai tou= nomisqe/ntos a)mei/nonos.

Notes (2)

cf. generally epsilon 165, epsilon 169.
1Same glossing in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa408 Theodoridis. The headword is possibly though not necessarily extracted from the quotation which follows; the other lexica do not have it. ↩
2Quotation (and individuals) unidentifiable.

Neighbouring entries

κ914Κᾆτ' ἔγωγ' ἐξηγρόμηνand then I woke up κ915Κατέγραφονthey began to record κ916Κατεγγυᾶνto betroth κ917Κατεδάρθηslept κ918ΚατεδαφίζωI dash to the ground

Revision history3 revisions · last 24 Jun 2019

24 Jun 2019another keyword — Catharine Roth
7 Feb 2013Revised — David Whitehead
21 Aug 2008augmented notes; tweak — David Whitehead
20 Aug 2008Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κατεγγυᾶν (Adler number kappa 916), trans. Catharine Roth, 20 Aug 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/916

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗