Ὅρκος

See also: όρκος and ὅρκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Personification of ὅρκος (hórkos, “object by which one swears an oath”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hór.kos/ → /ˈor.kos/ → /ˈor.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hór.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)or.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈor.kos/

Proper noun

Ὅρκος • (Hórkos) m (genitive Ὅρκου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Horkos, a divinity who punishes the false and perjured

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ὅρκος; τοῦ Ὅρκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὅρκος ho Hórkos
Genitive	τοῦ Ὅρκου toû Hórkou
Dative	τῷ Ὅρκῳ tôi Hórkōi
Accusative	τὸν Ὅρκον tòn Hórkon
Vocative	Ὅρκε Hórke
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• →? Latin: Orcus