ἐγγυητάς (engyetas)

ἐγγυητάς is an Ancient Greek form of ἐγγυητής, meaning “one who gives security, surety, guarantor”.

It can also be a form of ἐγγυητός, “plighted, wedded”. It is the accusative plural feminine adjective.

Found 84 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Crassus 10.2: … πλων φεύγοντες ἐσώθησαν. ὁ δὲ Κράσσος αὐτόν τε τὸν Μόμμιον ἐδέξατο τραχέως, καὶ τοὺς στρατιώτας ὁπλίζων αὖθις ἐγγυητὰς ᾔτει τῶν ὅπλων, ὅτι φυλάξουσι, πεντακοσίους δὲ τοὺς πρώτους, καὶ μάλιστα τοὺς τρέσαντας, εἰς πεντήκοντα διανε …

Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1064: ἀλλʼ ἐγγυητάς σοι καταστήσω δύο

All forms of ἐγγυητής (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.