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εὔορκος

εὔορκος, keeping one’s oath, faithful to one’s oath

εὔορκ-ος, ον,
  • keeping oneʼs oath, faithful to oneʼs oath, ἀνδρὸς δʼ εὐόρκου γενεὴ μετόπισθεν ἀμείνων Hes. Op. 285, cf. 190, Orac. ap. Hdt. 6.86.γʹ, Ar. Pl. 61, X. HG 2.4.42, etc.; εἴς τινα E. Med. 495.
    • II of oaths, εὔορκα ἀντομωμοκώς Antipho 1.8; [διομόσασθαι] εὐορκότερα Id. 6.16; ψηφίσασθαι Is. 2.47; γνῶναι D. 18.249; εὐορκοτέραν θήσεσθε τὴν ψῆφον Id. 29.4, cf. 21.24; εὐορκοτάτην <τὴν> ψῆφον ἐνεγκεῖν Lycurg. 13: Sup., Lys. 19.11; in accordance with oneʼs oath, no breach of oath, εὔορκόν [ἐστι] Foed. ap. Th. 5.18, cf. 23, 29; εὔορκα ταῦθʼ ὑμῖν ἐστι D. 21.34 (v.l. ἔνορκα): so in Adv., τάδʼ εὐόρκως ἔχει A. Ch. 979; εὐ. θέσθαι τὴν ψῆφον Arist. Rh.Al. 1433a1.

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