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ὁρκόω

ο-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁρκόω ὁρκώσω

Structure: ὁρκό (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to bind by oath

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ό̔ρκω ό̔ρκοις ό̔ρκοι
Dual ό̔ρκουτον ό̔ρκουτον
Plural ό̔ρκουμεν ό̔ρκουτε ό̔ρκουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ό̔ρκω ό̔ρκοις ό̔ρκοι
Dual ό̔ρκωτον ό̔ρκωτον
Plural ό̔ρκωμεν ό̔ρκωτε ό̔ρκωσιν*
OptativeSingular ό̔ρκοιμι ό̔ρκοις ό̔ρκοι
Dual ό̔ρκοιτον ὁρκοίτην
Plural ό̔ρκοιμεν ό̔ρκοιτε ό̔ρκοιεν
ImperativeSingular ο͂̔ρκου ὁρκοῦτω
Dual ό̔ρκουτον ὁρκοῦτων
Plural ό̔ρκουτε ὁρκοῦντων, ὁρκοῦτωσαν
Infinitive ό̔ρκουν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὁρκων ὁρκουντος ὁρκουσα ὁρκουσης ὁρκουν ὁρκουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ό̔ρκουμαι ό̔ρκοι ό̔ρκουται
Dual ό̔ρκουσθον ό̔ρκουσθον
Plural ὁρκοῦμεθα ό̔ρκουσθε ό̔ρκουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ό̔ρκωμαι ό̔ρκοι ό̔ρκωται
Dual ό̔ρκωσθον ό̔ρκωσθον
Plural ὁρκώμεθα ό̔ρκωσθε ό̔ρκωνται
OptativeSingular ὁρκοίμην ό̔ρκοιο ό̔ρκοιτο
Dual ό̔ρκοισθον ὁρκοίσθην
Plural ὁρκοίμεθα ό̔ρκοισθε ό̔ρκοιντο
ImperativeSingular ό̔ρκου ὁρκοῦσθω
Dual ό̔ρκουσθον ὁρκοῦσθων
Plural ό̔ρκουσθε ὁρκοῦσθων, ὁρκοῦσθωσαν
Infinitive ό̔ρκουσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὁρκουμενος ὁρκουμενου ὁρκουμενη ὁρκουμενης ὁρκουμενον ὁρκουμενου

Future tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὁρκώσω ὁρκώσεις ὁρκώσει
Dual ὁρκώσετον ὁρκώσετον
Plural ὁρκώσομεν ὁρκώσετε ὁρκώσουσιν*
OptativeSingular ὁρκώσοιμι ὁρκώσοις ὁρκώσοι
Dual ὁρκώσοιτον ὁρκωσοίτην
Plural ὁρκώσοιμεν ὁρκώσοιτε ὁρκώσοιεν
Infinitive ὁρκώσειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὁρκωσων ὁρκωσοντος ὁρκωσουσα ὁρκωσουσης ὁρκωσον ὁρκωσοντος
Middle
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὁρκώσομαι ὁρκώσει, ὁρκώσῃ ὁρκώσεται
Dual ὁρκώσεσθον ὁρκώσεσθον
Plural ὁρκωσόμεθα ὁρκώσεσθε ὁρκώσονται
OptativeSingular ὁρκωσοίμην ὁρκώσοιο ὁρκώσοιτο
Dual ὁρκώσοισθον ὁρκωσοίσθην
Plural ὁρκωσοίμεθα ὁρκώσοισθε ὁρκώσοιντο
Infinitive ὁρκώσεσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὁρκωσομενος ὁρκωσομενου ὁρκωσομενη ὁρκωσομενης ὁρκωσομενον ὁρκωσομενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ώ̔ρκουν ώ̔ρκους ώ̔ρκουν*
Dual ὡρκοῦτον ὡρκούτην
Plural ὡρκοῦμεν ὡρκοῦτε ώ̔ρκουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὡρκούμην ώ̔ρκου ὡρκοῦτο
Dual ὡρκοῦσθον ὡρκούσθην
Plural ὡρκούμεθα ὡρκοῦσθε ὡρκοῦντο

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 ἔλαβε Μωυσῆσ τὰ ὀστᾶ Ἰωσὴφ μεθ̓ ἑαυτοῦ. ὅρκῳ γὰρ ὥρκισε τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἰσραὴλ λέγων. ἐπισκοπῇ ἐπισκέψεται ὑμᾶσ Κύριοσ καὶ συνανοίσετέ μου τὰ ὀστᾶ ἐντεῦθεν μεθ̓ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 13:19)
  • καὶ εἶπαν πρὸσ αὐτὴν οἱ ἄνδρεσ. ἀθῷοί ἐσμεν τῷ ὅρκῳ σου τούτῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 2:17)
  • καὶ ἔσται πᾶσ, ὃσ ἂν ἐξέλθῃ τὴν θύραν τῆσ οἰκίασ σου ἔξω, ἔνοχοσ ἑαυτῷ ἔσται, ἡμεῖσ δὲ ἀθῷοι τῷ ὅρκῳ σου τούτῳ. καὶ ὅσοι ἐὰν γένωνται μετὰ σοῦ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ σου, ἡμεῖσ ἔνοχοι ἐσόμεθα. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 2:19)
  • ἐὰν δέ τισ ἡμᾶσ ἀδικήσῃ ἢ καὶ ἀποκαλύψῃ τοὺσ λόγουσ ἡμῶν τούτουσ, ἐσόμεθα ἀθῷοι τῷ ὅρκῳ σου τούτῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 2:20)
  • ἐνίσχυον ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἀδελφοὺσ αὐτῶν καὶ κατηράσαντο αὐτοὺσ καὶ εἰσήλθοσαν ἐν ἀρᾷ καὶ ἐν ὅρκῳ τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν νόμῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὃσ ἐδόθη ἐν χειρὶ Μωυσῆ δούλου τοῦ Θεοῦ, φυλάσσεσθαι καὶ ποιεῖν πάσασ τὰσ ἐντολὰσ Κυρίου καὶ τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ προστάγματα αὐτοῦ (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 10:29)

Synonyms

  1. to bind by oath

Derived

Similar forms

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

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