διεγγυ-άω,
I. give bail to produce,
σώματα
D.H. 7.12
:— Med. ,to take bail for, κατεγγυῶντος( v.l. δι- ) Μενεξένου τὸν παῖδα, Πασίων αὐτὸν ἑπτὰ ταλάντων διεγγυήσατο
Isoc. 17.14
, cf. Plu. Caes. 11 :— Pass. ,to be bailedby any one,ὀκτακοσίων ταλάντων τοῖς προξένοις διηγγυημένοι bailedby their Proxeni for eight hundred talents, Th. 3.70 .
2. give security, SIG 976.49 (Samos,ii B. C.).
II. take pledges, distrain,ib. 629.20
(ii B. C.).
III. abs.,mortgageone's property, LXX Ne. 5.3 .