ὅρκος, ὁ,
the object by which one swears, as the Styx among the gods, Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος ὅ. δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; or as Zeus among mortals, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of things, ὅρκον δ᾽ ἐνοσφίσθης μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
2)
oath, mostly with epithet μέγας, καρτερός, [
Refs 8th c.BC+], etc; θεῶν ὅ.
an oath by the gods, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅ. πλατύς
a firm-based
oath, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκον ὀμόσαι swear
an oath, ὄμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅ. ἐπιορκῆσαι take a false
oath, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅρκου προστεθέντος when
an oath is added, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν ὅρκους θεμένη having made a
sworn compact with, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the person demanding the oath, ὅ. ἑλέσθαι τινός or τινί take
it of him, i.e. make him swear, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅρκους ἐπελάσαι and προσάγειν τινί lay
oath upon a man, put him on
his oath, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ὅ. ἐπάγειν. Ὀποντίοις readminister
the oath, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκους δοὺς καὶ δεξάμενος after tendering
his oath to them and accepting theirs, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποδοῦναι take
it oneself, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπολαμβάνειν administer or tender
it, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε
swear to one another, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκοις καταλαβὼν τὰ τέλη having bound the authorities
by oaths, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκῳ ἐμμένειν abide by it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
aorist,
present, or
future infinitive may refer to
future time, ὤμοσα καρτερὸν ὅ, μὴ. ἀναφῆναι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμεῦ δ᾽ ἕλετο μέγαν ὅ, μὴ πρὶν σοὶ ἐρέειν[
Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἶπαι ἐπ᾽ ὅρκου say on
oath, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) Ὅρκος, personified, son of Eris, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; a divinity who punishes the false and perjured,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Διὸς Ὅ, as servant of Zeus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]