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ἐπιορκία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιορκία

Structure: ἐπιορκι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pi/orkos

Sense

  1. a false oath

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπιορκία ἐπιορκίᾱ ἐπιορκίαι
Genitive ἐπιορκίᾱς ἐπιορκίαιν ἐπιορκιῶν
Dative ἐπιορκίᾱͅ ἐπιορκίαιν ἐπιορκίαις
Accusative ἐπιορκίᾱν ἐπιορκίᾱ ἐπιορκίᾱς
Vocative ἐπιορκίᾱ ἐπιορκίᾱ ἐπιορκίαι

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

  • κατεμαρτύρουν δὲ τοῦ Κλωδίου πολλοὶ τῶν καλῶν κάγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐπιορκίασ, ῥᾳδιουργίασ, ὄχλων δεκασμούσ, φθορὰσ γυναικῶν. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 29 3:1)
  • δίκη μέντοι καὶ τῆσ ὠμότητοσ Ὑρώδην καὶ τῆσ ἐπιορκίασ Σουρήναν ἀξία μετῆλθεν. (Plutarch, chapter 33 5:1)
  • ἢ ὅτι πᾶσ ὁρ́κοσ εἰσ κατάραν τελευτᾷ τῆσ ἐπιορκίασ, κατάρα δὲ δύσφημον καὶ σκυθρωπόν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 44 1:2)
  • ἢ κοινὸσ ὁ τῆσ ἐπιορκίασ κίνδυνοσ, ἂν ἀνὴρ ἀσεβὴσ καὶ ἐπίορκοσ εὐχῶν κατάρχηται καὶ ἱερῶν ὑπὲρ τῆσ πόλεωσ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 44 1:6)
  • ἢ ὅτι πᾶσ ὁρ́κοσ εἰσ κατάραν τελευτᾷ τῆσ ἐπιορκίασ, κατάρα δὲ δύσφημον καὶ σκυθρωπόν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 44 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a false oath

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

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