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Headword: *bebaiw/sews
Adler number: beta,216
Translated headword: warranty
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Bebaiosis] is the name of a lawsuit [in Athens], in which litigants were those who had bought something.
Greek Original:
*bebaiw/sews: di/khs e)sti\n o)/noma, h(\n dika/zontes oi( w)nhsa/menoi/ ti.
Notes:
Harpokration s.v., which lies behind the present entry, is more explicit: such a suit is brought if one party disputes the purchase and the other refuses to confirm it by warranty, and also if disputes have arisen after a deposit has been proffered and accepted.
The headword is actually in the genitive case, presupposing (as was common in Athenian legal terminology) the noun di/kh.
Reference:
S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 102
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; law
Translated by: David Whitehead on 12 October 2000@05:44:20.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 29 July 2002@00:40:45.
Catharine Roth on 29 July 2002@00:42:18.
David Whitehead (added keyword) on 29 July 2002@03:20:57.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 6 March 2011@07:21:38.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 1 July 2011@08:38:39.

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