oath
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ὅρκος, ὁ, or pl., ὅρκιον, τό (Thuc.), or pl., V. ὁρκώματα, τά.
affidavit: Ar. and P. ἀντωμοσία, ἡ, P. διωμοσία, ἡ.
this oath abides true: V. ταδ' εὐόρκως ἔχει (Aesch., cho. 979).
true oath: V. εὐορκώματα, τά.
false oath: P. ἐπιορκία, ἡ.
administer an oath to, v.: P. ἐξορκοῦν (acc. or absol.).
agree to an oath: V. συνομνύναι (Soph., Philoctetes 1367).
bind by an oath: Ar. and P. ὁρκοῦν, P. ὅρκῳ καταλαμβάνειν, ὅρκῳ πιστοῦν (also mid. in V.), V. ὅρκῳ ζευγνύναι, ὅρκοις περιβάλλειν (Eur., Iphigenia in Tauris 788).
by reason of the oaths whereby he was bound: V. οὕνεχ' ὅρκων οἷσιν ἦν ἐπώμοτος (Soph., Ajax 1113).
we are bound by oaths: V. ὅρκοις κεκλῄμεθα (Eur., Helen 977).
bind oneself by oaths v.: P. and V. διόμνυσθαι.
deny on oath: P. and V. ἀπομνύναι, ἐξομνύναι (or mid.).
exchange oaths: P. ὅρκους διδόναι καὶ δέχεσθαι.
the generals exchanged oaths to abide by the terms: V. ὅρκους συνῆψαν ἐμμενεῖν στρατηλάται (Eur., Phoenissae 1241).
faithful to one's oath, adj.: P. and V. εὔορκος.
be faithful to one's oath, v.: P. and V. εὐορκεῖν.
faithfulness to one's oath, subs.: P. εὐορκία, ἡ (Dem. 607).
false to one's oath, adj.: Ar. and P. ἐπίορκος.
be false to one's oath, v.: Ar. and P. ἐπιορκεῖν.
join in taking an oath, v.: P. and V. συνομνύναι.
take an oath, swear, v.: P. and V. ὀμνύναι, ἐπομνύναι, διόμνυσθαι, κατομνύναι (or mid.), V. ὁρκωματεῖν, διομνύναι.
take (exact) an oath from: P. ἀπαλαμβάνειν ὅρκον παρά (gen.).
under oath: use adj., P. and V. ἔνορκος, V. ὅρκιος, διώμοτος, ἐπώμοτος.
be under oath, v.: P. and V. ὀμωμοκέναι (perf. act. of ὀμνύναι).
witnessing oaths (applied to the gods), adj.: P. and V. ὅρκιος, V. ἐπώμοτος.
