ἐπίορκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ ὅρκος (hórkos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.or.kos/ → /eˈpi.or.kos/ → /eˈpi.or.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.or.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.or.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.or.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.or.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.or.kos/

Adjective

ἐπίορκος • (epíorkos) m or f (neuter ἐπίορκον); second declension

1. sworn falsely (of oaths)
2. forsworn, perjured
3. (nominalized, masculine) false oath, bootless oath

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐ́ορκος; ἐπῐ́ορκον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐ́ορκος epíorkos	ἐπῐ́ορκον epíorkon		ἐπῐόρκω epiórkō	ἐπῐόρκω epiórkō		ἐπῐ́ορκοι epíorkoi	ἐπῐ́ορκᾰ epíorka
Genitive		ἐπῐόρκου epiórkou	ἐπῐόρκου epiórkou		ἐπῐόρκοιν epiórkoin	ἐπῐόρκοιν epiórkoin		ἐπῐόρκων epiórkōn	ἐπῐόρκων epiórkōn
Dative		ἐπῐόρκῳ epiórkōi	ἐπῐόρκῳ epiórkōi		ἐπῐόρκοιν epiórkoin	ἐπῐόρκοιν epiórkoin		ἐπῐόρκοις epiórkois	ἐπῐόρκοις epiórkois
Accusative		ἐπῐ́ορκον epíorkon	ἐπῐ́ορκον epíorkon		ἐπῐόρκω epiórkō	ἐπῐόρκω epiórkō		ἐπῐόρκους epiórkous	ἐπῐ́ορκᾰ epíorka
Vocative		ἐπῐ́ορκε epíorke	ἐπῐ́ορκον epíorkon		ἐπῐόρκω epiórkō	ἐπῐόρκω epiórkō		ἐπῐ́ορκοι epíorkoi	ἐπῐ́ορκᾰ epíorka
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐόρκως epiórkōs			ἐπῐορκότερος epiorkóteros			ἐπῐορκότᾰτος epiorkótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐπίορκος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπίορκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπίορκος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐπίορκος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἐπίορκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G1965 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • faithless idem, page 303.
  • forsworn idem, page 339.
  • oath idem, page 564.
  • perfidious idem, page 607.
  • perjured idem, page 607.
  • perjurer idem, page 607.
  • traitorous idem, page 887.
  • treacherous idem, page 891.
  • unfaithful idem, page 917.