εὐορκέω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
A swear truly, take a true oath, opp. ἐπιορκέω, Gorg.Fr. 15 D., Isoc.1.23, Iamb.VP28.144, etc.; keep one's oath when taken, Lexap.And.1.98; τινι to one, Th.5.30; [τὴν ψυχήν] by one's soul, E.Or.1517 (troch.); εὐορκοῦντες κρίνειν X.HG1.7.25. II Act., keep one's oath by, τινας Sch.A.R.2.259:—Pass., ἡ θεὸς εὐορκεῖτο Call.Aet.3.1.42.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1085] gut, richtig, nicht falsch schwören, τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχὴν κατώμοσ', ἣν ἂν εὐορκοῖμ' ἐγώ Eur. Or. 1517; Isocr. 1, 23; Dem. 23, 101. 24, 35 u. A.; den Eid halten, τινί, Thuc. 5, 30; Xen. Hell. 1, 7, 25 u. öfter.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εὐορκέω: ὁρκίζομαι ἀληθῶς, κάμνω ἀληθῆ ὅρκον, ὁρκίζομαι ἐπὶ τῆς ἀληθείας, ἀντίθ. τῷ ἐπιορκέω, μηδένα θεὸν ὀμόσῃς, μηδ’ ἂν εὐορκεῖν μέλλῃς Ἰσοκρ. 7Α· - φυλάττω τὸν ὅρκον μου, Νόμ. παρ’ Ἀνδοκ. 13. 28· τινι Θουκ. 5. 30· τὴν ἐμὴν ψυχὴν κατώμοσ’ ἣν ἂν εὐορκοῖμ’ ἐγώ, διὰ τὴν ὁποίαν ἐγὼ δὲν θὰ ἔκαμνα ψευδῆ ὅρκον, Εὐρ. Ὀρ. 1517· ὑμεῖς δὲ κατὰ τὸν νόμον εὐσεβοῦντες καὶ εὐορκοῦντες, τηροῦντες τοὺς ὅρκους, Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 1. 7, 25.
