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ὅρκοςουm solemn and binding promise with an invocation to a deity or thing held sacredframed in a particular form of words, sts. accompanied by a blood sacrifice or ceremonyoathHom. wkr.sens.oathuttered more casually to support an assertion in conversationHom. oathsworn easily and later broken, by false friends, women or loversOd. Hes. Thgn. Pl. leg.oathin a city-state; sworn by two peoples, armies, or political factions, in ratification of an agreementHdt.sworn by troops, in allegiance to a leader and comrades, or concerning distribution of bootyHdt.by leaders or magistrates on entering upon a term of officeAtt.orats. by a judge or jurors, by both parties in a legal dispute and their witnessesA. Att.orats. divinity or thing held sacred invoked in an oathoathref. to water of the Styx, as invoked by the godsHom. Hes. Arist.ref. to Zeus, as invoked by mortalsPi.ref. to salt and table, witnesses of the bonds of guest-friendshipArchil. Ὅρκοςουm personif.Horkosson of ErisHes. Pi. Hdt.oracle S.

ShortDef

the object by which one swears, the witness of an oath

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Headword:

ὅρκος

Headword (normalized):

ὅρκος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

ορκος

IDX:

28805

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-28806

Key:

ὅρκος

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