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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὅρκος]], ὁ, or pl., [[ὅρκιον]], τό ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]]), or pl., [[verse|V.]] [[ὁρκώματα]], τά.

[[affidavit]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἀντωμοσία]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[διωμοσία]], ἡ.

[[this oath abides true]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ταδ' εὐόρκως ἔχει]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], [[cho]]. 979).

[[true oath]]: [[verse|V.]] [[εὐορκώματα]], τά.

[[false oath]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιορκία]], ἡ.

[[administer an oath to]], v.: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐξορκοῦν]] (acc. or absol.).

[[agree to an oath]]: [[verse|V.]] [[συνομνύναι]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 1367).

[[bind by an oath]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ὁρκοῦν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ὅρκῳ καταλαμβάνειν]], [[ὅρκῳ πιστοῦν]] (also mid. in [[verse|V.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[ὅρκῳ ζευγνύναι]], [[ὅρκοις περιβάλλειν]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Iphigenia in Tauris]]'' 788).

[[by reason of the oaths whereby he was bound]]: [[verse|V.]] [[οὕνεχ' ὅρκων οἷσιν ἦν ἐπώμοτος]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''[[Ajax]]'' 1113).

[[we are bound by oaths]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὅρκοις κεκλῄμεθα]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Helen]]'' 977).

[[bind oneself by oaths]] v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[διόμνυσθαι]].

[[deny on oath]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπομνύναι]], [[ἐξομνύναι]] (or mid.).

[[exchange oaths]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὅρκους διδόναι καὶ δέχεσθαι]].

[[the generals exchanged oaths to abide by the terms]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὅρκους συνῆψαν ἐμμενεῖν στρατηλάται]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 1241).

[[faithful to one's oath]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὔορκος]].

[[be faithful to one's oath]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὐορκεῖν]].

[[faithfulness to one's oath]], subs.: [[prose|P.]] [[εὐορκία]], ἡ ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 607).

[[false to one's oath]], adj.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπίορκος]].

[[be false to one's oath]], v.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιορκεῖν]].

[[join in taking an oath]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συνομνύναι]].

[[on oath]]: see under [[oath]].

[[take an oath]], [[swear]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀμνύναι]], [[ἐπομνύναι]], [[διόμνυσθαι]], [[κατομνύναι]] (or mid.), [[verse|V.]] [[ὁρκωματεῖν]], [[διομνύναι]].

[[take]] ([[exact]]) [[an oath from]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀπαλαμβάνειν ὅρκον παρά]] (gen.).

[[under oath]]: use adj., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔνορκος]], [[verse|V.]] [[ὅρκιος]], [[διώμοτος]], [[ἐπώμοτος]].

[[be under oath]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀμωμοκέναι]] (perf. act. of [[ὀμνύναι]]).

[[witnessing oaths]] ([[applied to the gods]]), adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὅρκιος]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπώμοτος]].
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