Μεσεγγύημα
third-party pledge
Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[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.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μεσεγγύημα· τὸ ὁμολογηθὲν ἀργύριον παρ' ἀνδρὶ μέσῳ γινομένῳ ἐγγυητῇ ἀποδόσεως. καὶ μεσεγγυήσασθαι τὸ ποιῆσαι τοῦτο λέγεται.
Betacode
*meseggu/hma: to\ o(mologhqe\n a)rgu/rion par' a)ndri\ me/sw| ginome/nw| e)gguhth=| a)podo/sews. kai\ mesegguh/sasqai to\ poih=sai tou=to le/getai.
Notes
Linked from3 entries
- μ650Μεσεγγύημαthird-party pledgeA 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…
- 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 16 May 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, added keywords, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead