A.sworn falsely, of oaths, “εἰ δέ τι τῶνδ᾽ ἐπίορκον” Il. 19.264: freq. in the phrase ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσαι take a false oath, swear falsely, 3.279,19.260, Hes.Op.282, Th.232; in full, ἐπίορκον ὅρκον “ὤμοσε” Ar.Ra.150; and so ἐ. ἐπομνύναι (v. ἐπόμνυμι); but in Il.10.332 ἐ. ἐπώμοσε he swore a bootless oath, i.e. one which he meant to fulfil, but the gods willed otherwise.
II.. of persons, forsworn, perjured, Hes. Op.804, Schwyzer179a(Crete), E.El.1355 (anap.), Ar.Nu. 399,al.: Sup.“-ότατος” Antipho 6.48. Adv.“-κως” Hdn.6.9.2.