Φερέγγυος

surety-giving, trusty, capable

Translated by Catharine Roth28 Sep 2011Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 21 words

Translation

[Meaning] secure, a trustworthy guarantor.1
Herodotus [writes]: "myself, I am not capable of providing you such power as to restore [you]."2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φερέγγυος· ἀσφαλής, ἀξιόπιστος ἐγγυητής. Ἡρόδοτος· αὐτὸς μὲν ὑμῖν οὐ φερέγγυος εἰμὶ δύναμιν παρασχεῖν τοσαύτην ὥστε κατάγειν.

Betacode
*fere/gguos: a)sfalh/s, a)cio/pistos e)gguhth/s. *(hro/dotos: au)to\s me\n u(mi=n ou) fere/gguos ei)mi\ du/namin parasxei=n tosau/thn w(/ste kata/gein. 

Notes (2)

  1. See also phi 208 (and for the second gloss cf. under epsilon 3981).
  2. 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius phi113 Theodoridis. ↩
  3. 2Herodotus 5.30.4 (web address 1); Aristagoras to the exiled Naxians. ↩

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Revision history2 revisions · last 5 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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