ἐπιορκέω
epiorkeo
swear falsely, forswear oneself
Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιορκέω, also ἐφιορκέω IG 22.1126.9 (Delph. Amphict.), OGI 229.69 (Smyrna, iii B.C.), etc.: fut. -ήσω Il. 19.188, Lys. 914, etc., -ήσομαι (κατ-) 54.40: aor. ἐπιώρκησα 49.67, inf. -ορκῆσαι 4.68 (v.l. ἐφ-): pf. ἐπιώρκηκα Lg. 948e, An. 3.1.22, 1.47 (ἐπιόρκηκα is v.l. in Hdt. l.c.):—Α. swear falsely, forswear oneself, οὐδʼ ἐπιορκήσω πρὸς δαίμονος Il. 19.188: also, c.acc., of things sworn by, τὰς βασιληΐας ἱστίας ἐπιώρκηκε has sworn falsely by the royal hearth, 4.68; θεάς 1.47; [θεούς] Av. 1609, An. 2.4.7, 49.67, etc.: mostly abs., Eq. 298,428, Nu. 402, Phlb. 65c, etc.; οὐδὲν ἐφρόντιζʼ ἐπιορκῶν 21.119: c.acc.cogn., ἐ. ὅρκους τινί 49.65, cf. 1.115; opp. εὐορκέω, Lex ap. 1.98, 1.131, Chrysipp.ib.2.63, who distinguishes betw. εὐορκεῖν and ἀληθορκεῖν, and betw. ἐπιορκεῖν and ψευδορκεῖν. II. simply, = ὄμνυμι, swear, ap. 10.17.
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