Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.= ὅρκος, oath, Il.4.158, Hdt.1.29, etc.; ὅρκια δοῦναι take oaths, Od.19.302, E.Supp.1232 (anap.); “ὅ. πορεῖν” A.R.2.433 ; ὅρκια δὲ Ζεὺς ἴστω let Zeus witness our oath, Il.7.411.

II. mostly in pl., ὅρκια, τά, the offerings and other things used at a solemn oath or treaty, “κήρυκες . . ὅ. πιστὰ θεῶν σύναγον” Il.3.269, cf. 245 ; “οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες ὀμνύουσιν ὥσπερ ἐπὶ Ἀκάστου τὰ ὅ. ποιήσειν” Arist. Ath.3.3 ; “ὅ. παρεχέτω ὁ ἱερωργός” SIG581.91 (Crete, iii/ii B. C.); then, that which is sworn to, treaty, solemn agreement, freq. in Hom. (esp. Il.), “οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅ. πιστά” 22.262 : freq. in phrase, “ὅρκια πιστὰ ταμεῖν” 2.124, cf. 3.105, al. ; “κατόπερ τὰ ὅ. ἔταμον” SIG45.44 (Halic., v B.C.); “ὅ. ἐπιταμνέτω” Schwyzer687 D2 (Chios, vii/vi B.C.); “ὅ. ποιεῖσθαι” SIG591.32(Lampsacus, ii B. C.) ; “ὅ. τελεῖν” Il.7.69; “φυλάσσειν” 3.280 ; ὅ. δηλήσασθαι or ὑπὲρ ὅ. δηλ. violate a solemn treaty, ib. 107,4.67 ; “ὑπὲρ ὅ. πημῆναι” 3.299 ; κατὰ δ᾽ ὅ. πιστὰ πάτησαν they trampled on the treaty, 4.157 ; σύν γ᾽ ὅρκι᾽ ἔχευαν ib.269 ; “ψεύσασθαι” 7.351 ; “ἀκούεις ὁρκίων ἐμῶν θέμιν” A.Ag.1431 ; τὰ ὅ. ἐστί τινι, c. inf., one is bound by treaty to do, Th.6.52 : Hdt. has sg. also in this sense, “κατὰ τὸ ὅ.” 1.77 ; ὅ. ποιέεσθαι πρός τινας ib.141 : abs., ib.143, etc. ; ὅ. μένει κατὰ χώρην remains as it was, 4.201 ; “ὀμόσαι τὸ ὅ. ἦ μὴν ἐάσειν . . ” Th.6.72 ; “ὅρκιον ἔταμον” SIG4.10 (Cyzicus, vi B. C.).

2. pledge or surety resting on oath, in sg., Pi.O.11(10).6, N.9.16 ; “ὅ. ἔχειν” Lys.20.26 : generally, pledge, Ar.Nu.533 (pl.). (ὅρκιον is neut. of ὅρκιος, with which ἱερόν or ἱερά may be supplied.)