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ὅρκος , ,
A.the object by which one swears, as the Styx among the gods, “Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος . δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιIl. 15.38, cf. 2.755, Hes.Th.400,784,805, h.Cer.259, Arist.Metaph.983b31 ; or as Zeus among mortals, Pi.P.4.167 ; so of things, “ὅρκον δ᾽ ἐνοσφίσθης μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζανArchil.96 ; “οἷς ἦν μέγιστος . .. κύων, ἔπειτα χήνCratin.231, cf. Placit.1.3.8 : hence,
2. oath, mostly with epith. μέγας, καρτερός, Hom. (v. infr.), etc. ; θεῶν . an oath by the gods, Od.2.377; “μακάρων .10.299, cf. S.OT647, E.Hipp. 657 ; “. ἐκ θεῶν μέγαςA.Ag.1284 ; “. κατὰ τῶν . . ὀφθαλμῶνAeschin.2.153 ; . πλατύς a firm-based oath, Emp.30.3 ; ὅρκον ὀμόσαι swear an oath,ὄμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν .Od.2.378, etc. ; . ἀπώμνυ ib.377, cf. 10.381 ; “ἐπὶ δ᾽ ὅρκον ὀμεῖταιHes.Op.194 ; “κατομόσαιE.IT790; . ἐπιορκῆσαι take a false oath, Aeschin.1.115, etc. ; ὅρκου προστεθέντος when an oath is added, S.Fr.472, cf. El.47 ; δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν ὅρκους θεμένη having made a sworn compact with . . , A.Ag.1570 (anap.) ; “. ἀλλήλοις ποιοῦνται οἱ μὲν ἔφοροι ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως, βασιλεὺς δ᾽ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦX.Lac.15.7 ; “ὅρκους συνῆψανE.Ph.1241, etc. ; of the person demanding the oath, . ἑλέσθαι τινός or τινί take it of him, i.e. make him swear, Od.4.746, Il.22.119 ; ὅρκους ἐπελάσαι and προσάγειν τινί lay oath upon a man, put him on his oath, Hdt.1.146, 6.62,74 ; τὸν . . . ἐπάγειν . . Ὀποντίοις readminister the oath, IG9(1).334.12 (Locr., v B. C.) ; ὅρκους δοὺς καὶ δεξάμενος after tendering his oath to them and accepting theirs, Hdt.6.23, cf. IG12.52.18, A.Eu. 429, Ar.Ra.589, D.39.3 and 4 ; so “ὅρκον διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνεινArist. Rh.1377a7, 8 ; ἀποδοῦναι take it oneself, D.19.318, Aeschin.3.74 ; ἀπολαμβάνειν administer or tender it, D.5.9, 18.25 ; ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε swear to one another, Ar.Lys.1185, cf. And.1.107 ; ὅρκοις καταλαβὼν τὰ τέλη having bound the authorities by oaths, Th. 4.86 ; “ὅρκοις κατειλημμένουςId.1.9 ; ὅρκῳ ἐμμένειν abide by it, E. Med.754 ; “. τηρεῖνDemocr.239 ; “παραβαίνεινE.Fr.286.7, Ar.Av. 332, D.19.318 ; “ἐκβάντι τῶν .Pl.Smp.183b; “ἐκλιπεῖνE.Supp.1194 ; “συγχέαιId.Hipp.1063 ; “ἐμπεδοῦνX.An.3.2.10: after ὅρκος aor., pres., or fut. inf. may refer to fut. time, “ὤμοσα καρτερὸν ., μὴ . . ἀναφῆναιOd.4.253 ; ἐμεῦ δ᾽ ἕλετο μέγαν ., μὴ πρὶν σοὶ ἐρέειν ib.746 ; “ὅρκους ἔδοσαν καὶ ἔλαβον, ἀποδοῦναι . . , Ἀθηναίους δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖν . . X.HG1.3.9 : with Preps., “οὐκ αὔτως . . , ἀλλὰ σὺν ὅρκῳOd.14.151 ; “σὺν θεῶν ὅρκῳX.Cyr.2.3.12 ; εἶπαι ἐπ᾽ ὅρκου say on oath, Hdt.9.11; “κατὰ τοὺς .X.HG5.4.54; opp. “παρ᾽ ὅρκονPi.O.13.83; “παρὰ τοὺς .X.An.2.5.41: prov., “ὅρκους ἐγὼ γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφωS.Fr.811; parodied by Philonid. 7 ὅρκους δὲ μοιχῶν εἰς τέφραν . . γράφω, cf. Xenarch.6, Men. Mon.25.
II. Ὅρκος, personified, son of Eris, Hes.Op.804; a divinity who punishes the false and perjured, ib.219, Th.231, Orac. ap.Hdt.6.86.γ́; Διὸς ., as servant of Zeus, S.OC1767 (anap.). (Cogn. with ἕρκος.
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