Plato Greek Lexicon ἐπόμνυμι

ἐπόμνυμι

epomnymi

swear after, swear in accordance

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπόμνυμι or -ύω (v. infr. 3), fut. ἐπομοῦμαι Ar. Lys. 211: aor. ἐπώμοσα: —Α. swear after, swear in accordance (with an order given), οἱ δʼ ἄρα πάντες ἐπώμνυον Od. 15.437, cf. Th. 2.5. 2. c. acc. cogn., ἐπίορκον ἐπώμοσε Il. 10.332 ; ὅς κεν τὴν ἐπίορκον..ἐπομόσσῃ whosoever swear a false oath by it [the Styx], Hes. Th. 793, cf. Emp. 115.4 ; also ἐ. ὅρκον τινί swear an oath at his dictation, Plu. Cic. 23:—Med., ἐ. ὅρκον Stud.Pal. 20.122.16 (v A. D.), etc. 3. c. acc. pers., ἐ. ἥλιον to swear by.., Hdt. 1.212 ; ἐ. τινά θεῶν E. IT 747, cf. Ar. Nu. 1227, Schwyzer 721.5 (iv B. C.), etc. ; ἐ. θεοὺς ὡς.. E. Ph. 433 ; ἐπομνύω σοι τὴν ἐμὴν καὶ σὴν φιλίαν X. Cyr. 6.4.6 ; ἐ. τὴν σὴν (sc. Καίσαρος) τύχην J. AJ 16.10.8 : c. dupl. acc., μή τι θεοὺς ἐπίορκον ἐπόμνυθι Thgn. 1195:—Med., ἐπόμνυμαι Δία f.l. in Jusj. ap. D. 24.151 ; ἐπόμνυσθαι κατά τινος Luc. Icar. 9, Cal. 18. 4. c. acc. rei, swear to a thing, Ar. Lys. 211 : abs., Pl. Lg. 917b. 5. c. inf., swear that, ἐ. θεοὺς μὴ πρότερον ἐκδύσεσθαι.. Hdt. 5.106, cf. E. IT 974, Pl. Criti. 120a:—Med., ἐπωμόσατο..εἰδέναι Αἰσχίνην Test. ap. D. 18.137 ; ἐπομνύειν ἦ μήν c. pres. inf., Plu. Alex. 47 ; Ep., ἐ. ἦ μέν.. c. fut. inf., A.R. 2.715, etc.; ἐ. ὅτι.. Plu. Per. 30. 6. abs. in aor. part., with another Verb, ἐπομόσας εἶπε he said with an oath, Hdt. 8.5, X. An. 7.8.2. II. Med., = ὑπόμνυσθαι (nisi hoc leg.), Ar. Pl. 725.
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