ἐπιορκέω

epiorkeo

swear falsely, forswear oneself

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book XII 2
Chapter ?

948e2
949a5
Alcibiades I 1
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109d8
Apology 1
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35c6
Philebus 1
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65c7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιορκέω, also ἐφιορκέω IG 22.1126.9 (Delph. Amphict.), OGI 229.69 (Smyrna, iii B.C.), etc.: fut. -ήσω Il. 19.188, Ar. Lys. 914, etc., -ήσομαι (κατ-) D. 54.40: aor. ἐπιώρκησα Id. 49.67, inf. -ορκῆσαι Hdt. 4.68 (v.l. ἐφ-): pf. ἐπιώρκηκα Pl. Lg. 948e, X. An. 3.1.22, Din. 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, Hdt. 4.68; θεάς Din. 1.47; [θεούς] Ar. Av. 1609, X. An. 2.4.7, D. 49.67, etc.: mostly abs., Ar. Eq. 298,428, Nu. 402, Pl. Phlb. 65c, etc.; οὐδὲν ἐφρόντιζʼ ἐπιορκῶν D. 21.119: c.acc.cogn., ἐ. ὅρκους τινί Id. 49.65, cf.Aeschin. 1.115; opp. εὐορκέω, Lex ap.And. 1.98, Cleanth.Stoic. 1.131, Chrysipp.ib.2.63, who distinguishes betw. εὐορκεῖν and ἀληθορκεῖν, and betw. ἐπιορκεῖν and ψευδορκεῖν. II. simply, = ὄμνυμι, swear, Sol. ap. Lys. 10.17.

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