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εὔορκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔορκος εὔορκον

Structure: εὐορκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. keeping one's oath, faithful to one's oath
  2. faithfully, in accordance with, oath, no breach of oath

Examples

  • πλὴν ἀλλὰ ὑμεῖσ γε τοῦ ὁρ́κου μνημονεύσαντεσ ψηφίσασθε ἤδη τὰ εὐόρκα μὴ πιστεύσαντεσ Ἐπικούρῳ λέγοντι μηδὲν ἐπισκοπεῖν τῶν παρ’ ἡμῖν γιγνομένων τοὺσ θεούσ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 20:15)
  • ἀνάγκη δ’ ἐστὶν τοῖσ ἐπιτηδείοισ ἡμῖν, ἃ σύνισμεν πολλάκισ τούτου διεξιόντοσ ἀκηκοότεσ, λέγειν καὶ διδάσκειν ὑμᾶσ, ἵν’ εἰδότεσ καὶ μεμαθηκότεσ ὀρθῶσ τὰ δίκαια παρ’ ἡμῶν, ἃν ᾖ δίκαια καὶ εὐόρκα, ταῦτα ψηφίσησθε. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 2:2)
  • καὶ ταῦτα ποιοῦντεσ τά τε δίκαια ψηφιεῖσθε καὶ τὰ εὐόρκα καὶ τὰ ὑμῖν αὐτοῖσ συμφέροντα. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 128:3)
  • πρὸσ ταῦτα ὁρῶντεσ τὰ δίκαια καὶ τὰ εὐόρκα ψηφίσασθε. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 52 2:3)
  • τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἀληθέσ ἐστι καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν ὀμωμοκότων καὶ γνόντων τὰ εὐόρκα δικαστῶν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 357:3)

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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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