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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the object by which one swears</b>, as the Styx among the gods, Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος ὅ. δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι <span class="bibl">Il. 15.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.755</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>400</span>,<span class="bibl">784</span>,<span class="bibl">805</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>259</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>983b31</span> ; or as Zeus among mortals, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.167</span> ; so of things, ὅρκον δ' ἐνοσφίσθης μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν <span class="bibl">Archil.96</span> ; οἷς ἦν μέγιστος ὅ . .. κύων, ἔπειτα χήν <span class="bibl">Cratin.231</span>, cf. <span class="title">Placit.</span>1.3.8 : hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">oath</b>, mostly with epith. <b class="b3">μέγας, καρτερός</b>, Hom. (v. infr.), etc. ; <b class="b3">θεῶν ὅ</b>. <b class="b2">an oath by</b> the gods, <span class="bibl">Od.2.377</span>; μακάρων ὅ. <span class="bibl">10.299</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>647</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> 657</span> ; ὅ. ἐκ θεῶν μέγας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1284</span> ; ὅ. κατὰ τῶν . . ὀφθαλμῶν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.153</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅ. πλατύς</b> <b class="b2">a</b> firm-based <b class="b2">oath</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.30.3</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅρκον ὀμόσαι</b> swear <b class="b2">an oath</b>, ὄμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅ. <span class="bibl">Od.2.378</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">ὅ. ἀπώμνυ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">377</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.381</span> ; ἐπὶ δ' ὅρκον ὀμεῖται <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>194</span> ; κατομόσαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>790</span>; <b class="b3">ὅ. ἐπιορκῆσαι</b> take a false <b class="b2">oath</b>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.115</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">ὅρκου προστεθέντος</b> when <b class="b2">an oath</b> is added, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>472</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>47</span> ; <b class="b3">δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν ὅρκους θεμένη</b> having made a <b class="b2">sworn compact</b> with... <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1570</span> (anap.) ; ὅ. ἀλλήλοις ποιοῦνται οἱ μὲν ἔφοροι ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως, βασιλεὺς δ' ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>15.7</span> ; ὅρκους συνῆψαν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1241</span>, etc. ; of the person demanding the oath, <b class="b3">ὅ. ἑλέσθαι τινός</b> or <b class="b3">τινί</b> take <b class="b2">it</b> of him, i.e. make him swear, <span class="bibl">Od.4.746</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.22.119</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅρκους ἐπελάσαι</b> and <b class="b3">προσάγειν τινί</b> lay <b class="b2">oath</b> upon a man, put him on <b class="b2">his oath</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.146</span>, <span class="bibl">6.62</span>,<span class="bibl">74</span> ; <b class="b3">τὸν ὅ . . . ἐπάγειν . . Ὀποντίοις</b> readminister <b class="b2">the oath</b>, IG9(1).334.12 (Locr., v B. C.) ; <b class="b3">ὅρκους δοὺς καὶ δεξάμενος</b> after tendering <b class="b2">his oath</b> to them and accepting theirs, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.23</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.52.18, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 429</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>589</span>, <span class="bibl">D.39.3</span> and 4 ; so ὅρκον διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1377a7</span>, <span class="bibl">8</span> ; <b class="b3">ἀποδοῦναι</b> take <b class="b2">it</b> oneself, <span class="bibl">D.19.318</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.74</span> ; <b class="b3">ἀπολαμβάνειν</b> administer or tender <b class="b2">it</b>, <span class="bibl">D.5.9</span>, <span class="bibl">18.25</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε</b> <b class="b2">swear to</b> one another, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1185</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">And.1.107</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅρκοις καταλαβὼν τὰ τέλη</b> having bound the authorities <b class="b2">by oaths</b>, <span class="bibl">Th. 4.86</span> ; ὅρκοις κατειλημμένους <span class="bibl">Id.1.9</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅρκῳ ἐμμένειν</b> abide by it, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Med.</span>754</span> ; ὅ. τηρεῖν <span class="bibl">Democr.239</span> ; παραβαίνειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>286.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 332</span>, <span class="bibl">D.19.318</span> ; ἐκβάντι τῶν ὅ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>183b</span>; ἐκλιπεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1194</span> ; συγχέαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1063</span> ; ἐμπεδοῦν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.10</span>: after <b class="b3">ὅρκος</b> aor., pres., or fut. inf. may refer to fut. time, ὤμοσα καρτερὸν ὅ., μὴ . . ἀναφῆναι <span class="bibl">Od.4.253</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐμεῦ δ' ἕλετο μέγαν ὅ., μὴ πρὶν σοὶ ἐρέειν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">746</span> ; ὅρκους ἔδοσαν καὶ ἔλαβον, ἀποδοῦναι... Ἀθηναίους δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖν . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.3.9</span> : with Preps., οὐκ αὔτως... ἀλλὰ σὺν ὅρκῳ <span class="bibl">Od.14.151</span> ; σὺν θεῶν ὅρκῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.12</span> ; <b class="b3">εἶπαι ἐπ' ὅρκου</b> say on <b class="b2">oath</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.11</span>; κατὰ τοὺς ὅ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.4.54</span>; opp. παρ' ὅρκον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.83</span>; παρὰ τοὺς ὅ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.5.41</span>: prov., ὅρκους ἐγὼ γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>811</span>; parodied by <span class="bibl">Philonid. 7</span> <b class="b3">ὅρκους δὲ μοιχῶν εἰς τέφραν . . γράφω</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Xenarch.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Mon.</span>25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Ὅρκος</b>, personified, son of Eris, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>804</span>; a divinity who punishes the false and perjured, ib.<span class="bibl">219</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>231</span>, Orac. ap.<span class="bibl">Hdt.6.86</span>.<b class="b3">γ</b>; <b class="b3">Διὸς Ὅ</b>., as servant of Zeus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1767</span> (anap.). (Cogn. with <b class="b3">ἕρκος</b>.) </span>
|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the object by which one swears</b>, as the Styx among the gods, Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος ὅ. δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι <span class="bibl">Il. 15.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.755</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>400</span>,<span class="bibl">784</span>,<span class="bibl">805</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>259</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>983b31</span> ; or as Zeus among mortals, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.167</span> ; so of things, ὅρκον δ' ἐνοσφίσθης μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν <span class="bibl">Archil.96</span> ; οἷς ἦν μέγιστος ὅ . .. κύων, ἔπειτα χήν <span class="bibl">Cratin.231</span>, cf. <span class="title">Placit.</span>1.3.8 : hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">oath</b>, mostly with epith. <b class="b3">μέγας, καρτερός</b>, Hom. (v. infr.), etc. ; <b class="b3">θεῶν ὅ</b>. <b class="b2">an oath by</b> the gods, <span class="bibl">Od.2.377</span>; μακάρων ὅ. <span class="bibl">10.299</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>647</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span> 657</span> ; ὅ. ἐκ θεῶν μέγας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1284</span> ; ὅ. κατὰ τῶν . . ὀφθαλμῶν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.153</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅ. πλατύς</b> <b class="b2">a</b> firm-based <b class="b2">oath</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.30.3</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅρκον ὀμόσαι</b> swear <b class="b2">an oath</b>, ὄμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅ. <span class="bibl">Od.2.378</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">ὅ. ἀπώμνυ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">377</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.381</span> ; ἐπὶ δ' ὅρκον ὀμεῖται <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>194</span> ; κατομόσαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>790</span>; <b class="b3">ὅ. ἐπιορκῆσαι</b> take a false <b class="b2">oath</b>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.115</span>, etc. ; <b class="b3">ὅρκου προστεθέντος</b> when <b class="b2">an oath</b> is added, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>472</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>47</span> ; <b class="b3">δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν ὅρκους θεμένη</b> having made a <b class="b2">sworn compact</b> with... <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1570</span> (anap.) ; ὅ. ἀλλήλοις ποιοῦνται οἱ μὲν ἔφοροι ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως, βασιλεὺς δ' ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>15.7</span> ; ὅρκους συνῆψαν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1241</span>, etc. ; of the person demanding the oath, <b class="b3">ὅ. ἑλέσθαι τινός</b> or <b class="b3">τινί</b> take <b class="b2">it</b> of him, i.e. make him swear, <span class="bibl">Od.4.746</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.22.119</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅρκους ἐπελάσαι</b> and <b class="b3">προσάγειν τινί</b> lay <b class="b2">oath</b> upon a man, put him on <b class="b2">his oath</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.146</span>, <span class="bibl">6.62</span>,<span class="bibl">74</span> ; <b class="b3">τὸν ὅ . . . ἐπάγειν . . Ὀποντίοις</b> readminister <b class="b2">the oath</b>, IG9(1).334.12 (Locr., v B. C.) ; <b class="b3">ὅρκους δοὺς καὶ δεξάμενος</b> after tendering <b class="b2">his oath</b> to them and accepting theirs, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.23</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.52.18, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 429</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>589</span>, <span class="bibl">D.39.3</span> and 4 ; so ὅρκον διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1377a7</span>, <span class="bibl">8</span> ; <b class="b3">ἀποδοῦναι</b> take <b class="b2">it</b> oneself, <span class="bibl">D.19.318</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.74</span> ; <b class="b3">ἀπολαμβάνειν</b> administer or tender <b class="b2">it</b>, <span class="bibl">D.5.9</span>, <span class="bibl">18.25</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε</b> <b class="b2">swear to</b> one another, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1185</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">And.1.107</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅρκοις καταλαβὼν τὰ τέλη</b> having bound the authorities <b class="b2">by oaths</b>, <span class="bibl">Th. 4.86</span> ; ὅρκοις κατειλημμένους <span class="bibl">Id.1.9</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅρκῳ ἐμμένειν</b> abide by it, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Med.</span>754</span> ; ὅ. τηρεῖν <span class="bibl">Democr.239</span> ; παραβαίνειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>286.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 332</span>, <span class="bibl">D.19.318</span> ; ἐκβάντι τῶν ὅ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>183b</span>; ἐκλιπεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1194</span> ; συγχέαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1063</span> ; ἐμπεδοῦν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.10</span>: after <b class="b3">ὅρκος</b> aor., pres., or fut. inf. may refer to fut. time, ὤμοσα καρτερὸν ὅ., μὴ . . ἀναφῆναι <span class="bibl">Od.4.253</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐμεῦ δ' ἕλετο μέγαν ὅ., μὴ πρὶν σοὶ ἐρέειν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">746</span> ; ὅρκους ἔδοσαν καὶ ἔλαβον, ἀποδοῦναι... Ἀθηναίους δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖν . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.3.9</span> : with Preps., οὐκ αὔτως... ἀλλὰ σὺν ὅρκῳ <span class="bibl">Od.14.151</span> ; σὺν θεῶν ὅρκῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.12</span> ; <b class="b3">εἶπαι ἐπ' ὅρκου</b> say on <b class="b2">oath</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.11</span>; κατὰ τοὺς ὅ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.4.54</span>; opp. παρ' ὅρκον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.83</span>; παρὰ τοὺς ὅ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.5.41</span>: prov., ὅρκους ἐγὼ γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>811</span>; parodied by <span class="bibl">Philonid. 7</span> <b class="b3">ὅρκους δὲ μοιχῶν εἰς τέφραν . . γράφω</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Xenarch.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Men. <span class="title">Mon.</span>25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Ὅρκος</b>, personified, son of Eris, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>804</span>; a divinity who punishes the false and perjured, ib.<span class="bibl">219</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>231</span>, Orac. ap.<span class="bibl">Hdt.6.86</span>.<b class="b3">γ</b>; <b class="b3">Διὸς Ὅ</b>., as servant of Zeus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1767</span> (anap.). (Cogn. with <b class="b3">ἕρκος</b>.) </span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0379.png Seite 379]] ὁ (eigtl. = [[ἕρκος]], also die Schranke, durch die man gehalten ist, Etwas zu thun, vgl. [[ὁρκάνη]], ὁρκοῦρος), eigtl. der Gegenstand, bei dem man einen Eid schwört, durch den man sich bindet, der Zeuge des Eides, welcher bei den Göttern das Wasser der Styx ist, Στυγὸς [[ὕδωρ]], ὅςτε [[μέγιστος]] [[ὅρκος]] δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν, Il. 15, 38, vgl. 2, 755; Hes. Th. 400. 785; ὁ δέ τοι [[μέγας]] ἔσσεται [[ὅρκος]], Il. 1, 239; u. so ist auch ursprünglich ἐπὶ δ' ὅρκον ὄμοσσεν, 23, 42, zu nehmen, was aber den Uebergang zu der Bdtg <b class="b2">Eid, Schwur</b> macht, νῦν μοι ὄμοσσον καρτερὸν ὅρκον, 19, 108, ὀμνυέτω δέ τοι ὅρκον, 175, öfter; θεῶν μέγαν ὅρκον ἀπώμνυ, einen großen Eid bei den Göttern leistete sie, Od. 2, 377, vgl. 10, 299; auch Τρωσὶν δ' αὖ [[μετόπισθε]] γερούσιον ὅρκον ἕλωμαι, ich werde ihnen einen Eid abnehmen, Il. 22, 119, wie [[ἐμεῦ]] δ' ἕλετο μέγαν ὅρκον, Od. 4, 746; oft in der Vrbdg ὤμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον, z. B. 5, 184, was auch eigtl. ist = schwören und den Gegenstand, bei dem man schwört, nennen und ihn zu einem bindenden machen; ὃς ἀνθρώπους [[ἐκέκαστο]] κλεπτοσύνῃ θ' ὅρκῳ τε, Od. 19, 396, geschickt im Gebrauche des Eides; καρτερὸς [[ὅρκος]] [[ἄμμιν]] [[μάρτυς]] ἔστω, Pind. P. 4, 167; θεῶν ὅρκον μέγαν μὴ παρφάμεν, Ol. 7, 65; ναὶ μὰ γὰρ ὅρκον, N. 11, 24, bei meinem Eide; ὀμώμοται γὰρ [[ὅρκος]] ἐκ θεῶν [[μέγας]], Aesch. Ag. 1257; ὅρκον αἰδεῖσθαι, Eum. 650; τόνδ' ὅρκον αἰδεσθεὶς θεῶν, Soph. O. R. 647; ἁλίσκεται χὠ δεινὸς [[ὅρκος]], er wird überführt, als Meineid erkannt werden, Ai. 635; δι' ὅρκων [[καίπερ]] ὢν [[ἀπώμοτος]], Ant. 390; ὅρκῳ ἐμμένειν, dem Eide treu bleiben, Eur. Med. 754; ὅρκον δότω μοι, er soll mir einen Eid leisten, I. T. 735, wie ὅρκους παρασχών Hipp. 1037 u. sonst oft; Ar. Ach. 249; ὅρκον ὁρκοῦν τινα, Lys. 187; in Prosa, σφίσι αὐτῇσι ὅρκους ἐπήλασαν, Her. 1, 146, vgl. 6, 62; ὅρκους προσάγειν τινί, einen Eid zuschieben, auflegen, 6, 74; ὅρκοις καταλαμβάνειν τινά, Thuc. 1, 91. 4, 86; δοῦναί τινι, leisten, Plat. Legg. XII, 948 c; vgl. δέχεσθαί τε ὅρκους παρ' [[ἀλλήλων]] καὶ διδόναι, ib. 949 b, wie Xen. Hell. 1, 3, 10; κατὰ ὅρκους ἢ κατὰ τὰς ἄλλας ὁμολογίας, Plat. Rep. IV, 443 a; σὺν θεῶν ὅρκῳ [[λέγω]], Xen. Cyr. 2, 3, 12; ὅρκον διδόναι, δέξασθαι auch Dem. 33, 13, λύειν ib. 14; Folgde; ὅρκον ἐπάγειν τῷ λόγῳ, Luc. Scyth. 11; ὅρκον ἐντιθέναι συγγράμματι, q. hist. scr. 14; a. Sp.
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ὁ,

   A the object by which one swears, as the Styx among the gods, Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος ὅ. δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι Il. 15.38, cf. 2.755, Hes.Th.400,784,805, h.Cer.259, Arist.Metaph.983b31 ; or as Zeus among mortals, Pi.P.4.167 ; so of things, ὅρκον δ' ἐνοσφίσθης μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν Archil.96 ; οἷς ἦν μέγιστος ὅ . .. κύων, ἔπειτα χήν Cratin.231, cf. Placit.1.3.8 : hence,    2 oath, mostly with epith. μέγας, καρτερός, Hom. (v. infr.), etc. ; θεῶν ὅ. an oath by the gods, Od.2.377; μακάρων ὅ. 10.299, cf. S.OT647, E.Hipp. 657 ; ὅ. ἐκ θεῶν μέγας A.Ag.1284 ; ὅ. κατὰ τῶν . . ὀφθαλμῶν Aeschin.2.153 ; ὅ. πλατύς a firm-based oath, Emp.30.3 ; ὅρκον ὀμόσαι swear an oath, ὄμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅ. Od.2.378, etc. ; ὅ. ἀπώμνυ ib.377, cf. 10.381 ; ἐπὶ δ' ὅρκον ὀμεῖται Hes.Op.194 ; κατομόσαι E.IT790; ὅ. ἐπιορκῆσαι take a false oath, Aeschin.1.115, etc. ; ὅρκου προστεθέντος when an oath is added, S.Fr.472, cf. El.47 ; δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν ὅρκους θεμένη having made a sworn compact with... A.Ag.1570 (anap.) ; ὅ. ἀλλήλοις ποιοῦνται οἱ μὲν ἔφοροι ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως, βασιλεὺς δ' ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ X.Lac.15.7 ; ὅρκους συνῆψαν E.Ph.1241, etc. ; of the person demanding the oath, ὅ. ἑλέσθαι τινός or τινί take it of him, i.e. make him swear, Od.4.746, Il.22.119 ; ὅρκους ἐπελάσαι and προσάγειν τινί lay oath upon a man, put him on his oath, Hdt.1.146, 6.62,74 ; τὸν ὅ . . . ἐπάγειν . . Ὀποντίοις readminister the oath, IG9(1).334.12 (Locr., v B. C.) ; ὅρκους δοὺς καὶ δεξάμενος after tendering his oath to them and accepting theirs, Hdt.6.23, cf. IG12.52.18, A.Eu. 429, Ar.Ra.589, D.39.3 and 4 ; so ὅρκον διδόναι καὶ λαμβάνειν Arist. Rh.1377a7, 8 ; ἀποδοῦναι take it oneself, D.19.318, Aeschin.3.74 ; ἀπολαμβάνειν administer or tender it, D.5.9, 18.25 ; ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε swear to one another, Ar.Lys.1185, cf. And.1.107 ; ὅρκοις καταλαβὼν τὰ τέλη having bound the authorities by oaths, Th. 4.86 ; ὅρκοις κατειλημμένους Id.1.9 ; ὅρκῳ ἐμμένειν abide by it, E. Med.754 ; ὅ. τηρεῖν Democr.239 ; παραβαίνειν E.Fr.286.7, Ar.Av. 332, D.19.318 ; ἐκβάντι τῶν ὅ. Pl.Smp.183b; ἐκλιπεῖν E.Supp.1194 ; συγχέαι Id.Hipp.1063 ; ἐμπεδοῦν X.An.3.2.10: after ὅρκος aor., pres., or fut. inf. may refer to fut. time, ὤμοσα καρτερὸν ὅ., μὴ . . ἀναφῆναι Od.4.253 ; ἐμεῦ δ' ἕλετο μέγαν ὅ., μὴ πρὶν σοὶ ἐρέειν ib.746 ; ὅρκους ἔδοσαν καὶ ἔλαβον, ἀποδοῦναι... Ἀθηναίους δὲ μὴ πολεμεῖν . . X.HG1.3.9 : with Preps., οὐκ αὔτως... ἀλλὰ σὺν ὅρκῳ Od.14.151 ; σὺν θεῶν ὅρκῳ X.Cyr.2.3.12 ; εἶπαι ἐπ' ὅρκου say on oath, Hdt.9.11; κατὰ τοὺς ὅ. X.HG5.4.54; opp. παρ' ὅρκον Pi.O.13.83; παρὰ τοὺς ὅ. X.An.2.5.41: prov., ὅρκους ἐγὼ γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω S.Fr.811; parodied by Philonid. 7 ὅρκους δὲ μοιχῶν εἰς τέφραν . . γράφω, cf. Xenarch.6, Men. Mon.25.    II Ὅρκος, personified, son of Eris, Hes.Op.804; a divinity who punishes the false and perjured, ib.219, Th.231, Orac. ap.Hdt.6.86.γ; Διὸς Ὅ., as servant of Zeus, S.OC1767 (anap.). (Cogn. with ἕρκος.)

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[Seite 379] ὁ (eigtl. = ἕρκος, also die Schranke, durch die man gehalten ist, Etwas zu thun, vgl. ὁρκάνη, ὁρκοῦρος), eigtl. der Gegenstand, bei dem man einen Eid schwört, durch den man sich bindet, der Zeuge des Eides, welcher bei den Göttern das Wasser der Styx ist, Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅςτε μέγιστος ὅρκος δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν, Il. 15, 38, vgl. 2, 755; Hes. Th. 400. 785; ὁ δέ τοι μέγας ἔσσεται ὅρκος, Il. 1, 239; u. so ist auch ursprünglich ἐπὶ δ' ὅρκον ὄμοσσεν, 23, 42, zu nehmen, was aber den Uebergang zu der Bdtg Eid, Schwur macht, νῦν μοι ὄμοσσον καρτερὸν ὅρκον, 19, 108, ὀμνυέτω δέ τοι ὅρκον, 175, öfter; θεῶν μέγαν ὅρκον ἀπώμνυ, einen großen Eid bei den Göttern leistete sie, Od. 2, 377, vgl. 10, 299; auch Τρωσὶν δ' αὖ μετόπισθε γερούσιον ὅρκον ἕλωμαι, ich werde ihnen einen Eid abnehmen, Il. 22, 119, wie ἐμεῦ δ' ἕλετο μέγαν ὅρκον, Od. 4, 746; oft in der Vrbdg ὤμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον, z. B. 5, 184, was auch eigtl. ist = schwören und den Gegenstand, bei dem man schwört, nennen und ihn zu einem bindenden machen; ὃς ἀνθρώπους ἐκέκαστο κλεπτοσύνῃ θ' ὅρκῳ τε, Od. 19, 396, geschickt im Gebrauche des Eides; καρτερὸς ὅρκος ἄμμιν μάρτυς ἔστω, Pind. P. 4, 167; θεῶν ὅρκον μέγαν μὴ παρφάμεν, Ol. 7, 65; ναὶ μὰ γὰρ ὅρκον, N. 11, 24, bei meinem Eide; ὀμώμοται γὰρ ὅρκος ἐκ θεῶν μέγας, Aesch. Ag. 1257; ὅρκον αἰδεῖσθαι, Eum. 650; τόνδ' ὅρκον αἰδεσθεὶς θεῶν, Soph. O. R. 647; ἁλίσκεται χὠ δεινὸς ὅρκος, er wird überführt, als Meineid erkannt werden, Ai. 635; δι' ὅρκων καίπερ ὢν ἀπώμοτος, Ant. 390; ὅρκῳ ἐμμένειν, dem Eide treu bleiben, Eur. Med. 754; ὅρκον δότω μοι, er soll mir einen Eid leisten, I. T. 735, wie ὅρκους παρασχών Hipp. 1037 u. sonst oft; Ar. Ach. 249; ὅρκον ὁρκοῦν τινα, Lys. 187; in Prosa, σφίσι αὐτῇσι ὅρκους ἐπήλασαν, Her. 1, 146, vgl. 6, 62; ὅρκους προσάγειν τινί, einen Eid zuschieben, auflegen, 6, 74; ὅρκοις καταλαμβάνειν τινά, Thuc. 1, 91. 4, 86; δοῦναί τινι, leisten, Plat. Legg. XII, 948 c; vgl. δέχεσθαί τε ὅρκους παρ' ἀλλήλων καὶ διδόναι, ib. 949 b, wie Xen. Hell. 1, 3, 10; κατὰ ὅρκους ἢ κατὰ τὰς ἄλλας ὁμολογίας, Plat. Rep. IV, 443 a; σὺν θεῶν ὅρκῳ λέγω, Xen. Cyr. 2, 3, 12; ὅρκον διδόναι, δέξασθαι auch Dem. 33, 13, λύειν ib. 14; Folgde; ὅρκον ἐπάγειν τῷ λόγῳ, Luc. Scyth. 11; ὅρκον ἐντιθέναι συγγράμματι, q. hist. scr. 14; a. Sp.