Μεσεγγύημα
third-party pledge
Translated by Tony Natoli11 Apr 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A third-party pledge is when those agreeing among themselves about public matters which are likely to be improper or not in accord with justice, or from which some harm will result to the public good of the state by reason of what has been done under the terms of the agreement, [these people] having settled on a certain payment deposit the money with a person trusted by both of them and, having determined the matter as seems best to both parties, finalize the arrangements.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεσεγγύημα· μεσεγγύημά ἐστιν, ὅταν οἱ συντιθέμενοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους περὶ πραγμάτων τῶν οὐ κατὰ τρόπον οὐδὲ δικαίως ἔσεσθαι μελλόντων, ἢ περὶ ὧν τις βλάβη γενήσεται τῷ κοινῷ τῆς πόλεως, ὑπὲρ τοῦ πραχθῆναι τὰ κατὰ τὰς συνθήκας, μισθόν τινα ὁρίσαντες παρακατατιθῶνται κοινῷ φίλῳ τὸ ἀργύριον, ὅπως ἂν ἀμφοτέροις τοῖς μέρεσι δοκῇ, ἂν ἄρα ἐκπραξάμενοι τὰ στοιχηθέντα βεβαιώσωσι.
Betacode
*meseggu/hma: meseggu/hma/ e)stin, o(/tan oi( suntiqe/menoi pro\s a)llh/lous peri\ pragma/twn tw=n ou) kata\ tro/pon ou)de\ dikai/ws e)/sesqai mello/ntwn, h)\ peri\ w(=n tis bla/bh genh/setai tw=| koinw=| th=s po/lews, u(pe\r tou= praxqh=nai ta\ kata\ ta\s sunqh/kas, misqo/n tina o(ri/santes parakatatiqw=ntai koinw=| fi/lw| to\ a)rgu/rion, o(/pws a)\n a)mfote/rois toi=s me/resi dokh=|, a)\n a)/ra e)kpraca/menoi ta\ stoixhqe/nta bebaiw/swsi.
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Linked from3 entries
- μ651Μεσεγγύημαthird-party pledge[A term for] the agreed money [sc. deposited] with an intermediary acting as guarantor of the handover. And [the related middle-voice verb] 'to deposit a third-party pledge' is the word for doing this.
- μ653Μεσέγγυοςthird-party-pledge man[Meaning a] mediator, guarantor, intermediary between two parties.
- μ654Μεσεγγυοῦνταιthey deposit with a third party[Meaning] they become guarantors, or they create guarantors. As also Isocrates in Against the Sophists [sc. uses the term].
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Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Jan 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Tony Natoli