ἐχέγγυος

A. having given or able to give security, trustworthy, secure, δόμοι E. Med. 387; λόγος Id. Andr. 192; ποιεῖν δόσιν ἐ. Id. Ph. 759; ζημία ἐ. a penalty to be relied on (for the prevention of crime), Th. 3.46; φρουρά D.H. 2.37: Comp. -ώτερος Them. Or. 26.321d: Sup. -ώτατος , μάρτυς Ath. 9.398f; τὸ τῆς φρουρᾶς ἐ. security, Hdn. 2.13.8; ἐ. πρὸς ἀσφάλειαν, εἰς σωτηρίαν, Plu. 2.595 f, 1055b: c.gen., σωφροσύνης τρόπος οὗτος ἐ. AP 10.56.11 (Pall.); ἀπορρήτων ἐ. safe to be entrusted with secrets, Plu. Publ. 4; ἀξίωμα ἐ. πρὸς ἡγεμονίαν equal to command, Id. Per. 37, cf. Hdn. 3.13.4: c. inf., sufficiently strong to . . , Plu. Aem. 8, 2.923c; οὐκ ἐ. πρὸς τὸ ἀριθμεῖν not sufficient justification for counting . . , Longin. ap. Porph. Plot. 20.

II. Pass., having received a pledge, secured against danger, ἱκέτης S. OC 284.