ἐνέχῠρ-ον, τό,
(ἐχυρός) pledge, security, ἐ. ἀποδεικνύναι and ὑποτιθέναι to offer a pledge, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.136; ἐνέχυρα ἀποδιδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.39 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμβάνειν [[[prev. passage], 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.23; ἐνέχυρα βίᾳ φέρειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.11; ἐνέχυρον φέρειν τῶν γειτόνων 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 29; τὰ ἐ. τινων “PHib.” 1.46 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τιθέναι τι make a thing a pledge, put it in pawn, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 451, compare “Ec.” 755; ἐ. κεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 820e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἐνεχύρῳ δοῦναι give on security, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 49.2; ἐπ᾽ ἐνεχύροις δανείζειν 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.634 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκ τῶν ἐ. τῶν ὠφληκότων τὴν δίκην from the forfeited pledges, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 2.814a A 26 (4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically in plural, hostages, of wives and children, Aen. Tact.5.1,[[compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.323 (_sing._). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]