Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁρκωμόσια

Irregular declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁρκωμόσια ὁρκωμόσιων

Sense

  1. asseverations on oath
  2. the sacrifice on taking an oath
  3. the place where a treaty has been sworn to

Examples

  • ἐν τούτῳ γινέσθω ἡμῖν ὁρκωμοσία πρὸσ τὸν Κύριον, ἐκβαλεῖν πάσασ τὰσ γυναῖκασ ἡμῶν τὰσ ἐκ τῶν ἀλλογενῶν σὺν τοῖσ τέκνοισ αὐτῶν, ὡσ ἐκρίθη σοι, καὶ ὅσοι πειθαρχοῦσι τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:90)
  • ὁ δὲ ὑπ’ αἰσχύνησ οὔτε εἰπεῖν τολμᾷ ὅτι ἄλλοσ γέγονεν, οὔθ’ ὅπωσ τὰ τῆσ προτέρασ ἀνοήτου ἀρχῆσ ὁρκωμόσιά τε καὶ ὑποσχέσεισ ἐμπεδώσῃ ἔχει, νοῦν ἤδη ἐσχηκὼσ καὶ σεσωφρονηκώσ, ἵνα μὴ πράττων ταὐτὰ τῷ πρόσθεν ὅμοιόσ τε ἐκείνῳ καὶ ὁ αὐτὸσ πάλιν γένηται. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 98:1)

Synonyms

  1. asseverations on oath

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

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