ἑδνόω

A. promise for wedding-presents, betroth, ἡμῖν ἕδνωσε θύγατρας Theoc. 22.147:—Med. in Hom., of a father, ὥς κ’ αὐτὸς ἐεδνώσαιτο θύγατρα Od. 2.53; ἑδνώσομαί τε θυγατέρ' (Herm. for ἐδώσομαι) E. Hel. 933.

II. Med., of a husband, dower a wife, Hes. Fr. 94.47; simply, marry, γυναῖκα AP 7.648 (Leon.); woo, Nonn. D. 6.3.