ἐπίορκος: Difference between revisions
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αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
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English (LSJ)
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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.
