Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οὐδέ τισ εὐόρκου χάρισ ἔσσεται οὔτε δικαίου οὔτ’ ἀγαθοῦ, μᾶλλον δὲ κακῶν ῥεκτῆρα καὶ ὕβριν ἀνέρεσ αἰνήσουσι· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 22:12)
  • ἀνδρὸσ δ’ εὐόρκου γενεὴ μετόπισθεν ἀμείνων. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 34:6)
  • ἀλλ’ εἴ τι χαίρεισ ἀνδρὸσ εὐόρκου τρόποισ, ἐμοὶ φράσον. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Prologue 2:9)
  • ἀνδρὸσ δ’ εὐόρκου γενεὴ μετόπισθεν ἀμείνων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 91 1:2)
  • παῖδασ γὰρ παίδων φασὶ καὶ γένοσ κατόπισθεν λείπεσθαι τοῦ ὁσίου καὶ εὐόρκου. (Plato, Republic, book 2 65:2)

Related

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

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