ὅρκιον (ὅρκος): (1) oath, Il. 4.158, elsewhere pl.—(2) pledges of the
covenant, hence victims, Il.
3.245, 269.—(3) the covenant or
treaty itself; ὅρκια πιστὰ
ταμεῖν (foedus ferire), because victims were slaughtered as
a part of the ceremony, Il. 2.124,
Il. 3.73, Od. 24.483.