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ἐξόρκωσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξόρκωσις ἐξόρκωσεως

Structure: ἐξορκωσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)corko/w

Sense

  1. a binding by oath

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὡσ δὲ ἐγίνετο ἐν τῷ πελάγεϊ, ἀποσιεύμενοσ τὴν ἐξόρκωσιν τοῦ Ἐτεάρχου, σχοινίοισι αὐτὴν διαδήσασ κατῆκε ἐσ τὸ πέλαγοσ, ἀνασπάσασ δὲ ἀπίκετο ἐσ τὴν Θήρην. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 154 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. a binding by oath

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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