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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓ορκος εύ̓ορκον
Genitive εὐόρκου εὐόρκου
Dative εὐόρκῳ εὐόρκῳ
Accusative εύ̓ορκον εύ̓ορκον
Vocative εύ̓ορκε εύ̓ορκον
DualN/A/V εὐόρκω εὐόρκω
G/D εὐόρκοιν εὐόρκοιν
PluralNominative εύ̓ορκοι εύ̓ορκα
Genitive εὐόρκων εὐόρκων
Dative εὐόρκοις εὐόρκοις
Accusative εὐόρκους εύ̓ορκα
Vocative εύ̓ορκοι εύ̓ορκα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓ορκος εὐόρκου εὐορκότερος εὐορκοτέρου εὐορκότατος εὐορκοτάτου
Adverb εὐόρκως εὐορκότερον εὐορκότατα

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

  • καὶ ἐν τῷ κατὰ Κόνωνοσ, καὶ εἰ μὲν εὐορκῶ, πολλά μοι γένοιτο ἀγαθὰ καὶ μηδέποτε αὖτισ τοιοῦτον μηδὲν πάθοιμι· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 4:4)
  • καὶ εἰ μὲν εὐορκῶ, πολλά μοι ἀγαθὰ γένοιτο καὶ μηδέποτ’ αὖθισ τοιοῦτο μηδὲν πάθοιμι, εἰ δ’ ἐπιορκῶ, ἐξώλησ ἀπολοίμην αὐτὸσ καὶ εἴ τί μοι ἔστιν ἢ μέλλει ἔσεσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 59:1)

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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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