Φερέγγυος

surety-giving, trusty, capable

Translated by Catharine Roth28 Sep 2011Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 48 words
[Meaning] one who has received something and is able to pay it back, as if [to say] sufficient, able to accept the undertaking. "For what do you command, of [things] which I am capable of?" That is, of [things] which I am steadfast in doing.1
Also a surety.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φερέγγυος· ὁ ἐκδεξάμενός τι καὶ δυνάμενος ἀποτῖσαι, οἷον ἀξιόχρεως, δυνάμενος ἀναδέξασθαι τὴν ἐγχείρησιν. τί γὰρ κελεύεις, ὧν ἐγὼ φερέγγυος; τουτέστιν ὧν ἐγὼ εἰς τὸ πράττειν ἀσφαλής εἰμι. καὶ βεβαιωτής.

Betacode
*fere/gguos: o( e)kdeca/meno/s ti kai\ duna/menos a)poti=sai, oi(=on a)cio/xrews, duna/menos a)nade/casqai th\n e)gxei/rhsin. ti/ ga\r keleu/eis, w(=n e)gw\ fere/gguos; toute/stin w(=n e)gw\ ei)s to\ pra/ttein a)sfalh/s ei)mi. kai\ bebaiwth/s.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Sophocles, Electra 942 (web address 1), with scholion. ↩
  2. 2From a gloss on Herodotus 5.30.4 (for which see phi 207). ↩

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φ206Φέρεcome now, wellφ207Φερέγγυοςsurety-giving, trusty, capableφ208Φερέγγυοςsurety-giving, trusty, capableφ209ΦερεζαῖοςPerizziteφ210Φέρεθραbier, litter
Revision history2 revisions · last 5 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
  3. Translated — Catharine Roth

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