εὐορκέω

euorkeo

swear truly, take a true oath

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Sophistical Refutations 5
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Chapter 25 180a23–180b39

180a35
180a38
180a39
180a39
180b1
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 57 834b7–17

834b13
834b14
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19

1406a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐορκέω, A. swear truly, take a true oath, opp. ἐπιορκέω, Gorg. Fr. 15 D., Isoc. 1.23, Iamb. VP 28.144, etc.; keep oneʼs oath when taken, Lex ap.And. 1.98; τινι to one, Th. 5.30; [τὴν ψυχήν] by oneʼs soul, E. Or. 1517 (troch.); εὐορκοῦντες κρίνειν X. HG 1.7.25. II. Act., keep oneʼs oath by, τινας Sch.A.R. 2.259:—Pass., ἡ θεὸς εὐορκεῖτο Call. Aet. 3.1.42.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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