oath
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
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, ἐπαμνύναι, 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.
