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ἐπώμοτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπώμοτος ἐπώμοτον

Structure: ἐπωμοτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)po/mnumi

Sense

  1. on oath, sworn
  2. witness of oaths

Examples

  • οὐκ ἐπώμοτοσ λέγων δάμαρτ’ ἔφασκεσ Ἡρακλεῖ ταύτην ἄγειν; (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral 9:40)
  • ὄμνυμ’ ἔγωγε, Ζῆν’ ἔχων ἐπώμοτον. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 5:9)

Synonyms

  1. on oath

  2. witness of oaths

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

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