ὅρκιον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὅρκῐον (hórkion) n (genitive ὁρκίου); second declension

  1. oath
    Synonym: ὅρκος (hórkos)
  2. pledge, surety
  3. treaty
  4. victim sacrificed to mark the settlement of an oath or treaty

Declension

Adjective

ὅρκῐον (hórkion)

  1. inflection of ὅρκῐος (hórkios):
    1. accusative singular masculine
    2. nominative, accusative, and vocative singular neuter

Further reading

  • ὅρκιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ὅρκιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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