ἐπιορκέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=also [[ἐφιορκέω]] IG22.1126.9 (Delph. Amphict.), OGI 229.69 (Smyrna, iii B.C.), etc.: fut.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἐπιορκήσω Il.19.188, Ar.Lys.914, etc., ἐπιορκήσομαι ([[κατεπιορκέω]]) D.54.40: aor. ἐπιώρκησα Id.49.67, inf. ἐπιορκῆσαι Hdt. 4.68 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἐφιορκέω]]): pf. ἐπιώρκηκα Pl.Lg.948e, X.An.3.1.22, Din.1.47 ([[ἐπιόρκηκα]] is [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Hdt.l.c.):—[[swear falsely]], [[forswear oneself]], οὐδ' ἐπιορκήσω πρὸς δαίμονος Il.19.188: also, c.acc., of things sworn by, τὰς βασιληΐας ἱστίας ἐπιώρκηκε has sworn [[falsely]] by the [[royal]] [[hearth]], Hdt.4.68; θεάς Din.1.47; ([[θεούς]]) Ar.Av.1609, X.An.2.4.7, D.49.67, etc.: mostly abs., Ar.Eq.298,428, Nu.402, Pl.Phlb.65c, etc.; οὐδὲν ἐφρόντιζ' ἐπιορκῶν D.21.119: c.acc.cogn., ἐ. ὅρκους τινί Id.49.65, cf.Aeschin.1.115; opp. [[εὐορκέω]], Lexap.And.1.98, Cleanth.Stoic.1.131, Chrysipp.ib.2.63, who distinguishes between [[εὐορκεῖν]] and [[ἀληθορκεῖν]], and between [[ἐπιορκεῖν]] and [[ψευδορκεῖν]].<br><span class="bld">II</span>. simply, = [[ὄμνυμι]], [[swear]], Sol. ap. Lys.10.17.