ὅρκιον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hór.ki.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)or.ki.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈor.ci.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈor.ci.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈor.ci.on/
Noun
ὅρκῐον • (hórkĭon) n (genitive ὁρκίου); second declension
- oath
- Synonym: ὅρκος (hórkos)
- pledge, surety
- treaty
- victim sacrificed to mark the settlement of an oath or treaty
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὅρκῐον tò hórkĭon |
τὼ ὁρκῐ́ω tṑ horkĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ὅρκῐᾰ tằ hórkĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὁρκῐ́ου toû horkĭ́ou |
τοῖν ὁρκῐ́οιν toîn horkĭ́oin |
τῶν ὁρκῐ́ων tôn horkĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὁρκῐ́ῳ tōî horkĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ὁρκῐ́οιν toîn horkĭ́oin |
τοῖς ὁρκῐ́οις toîs horkĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὅρκῐον tò hórkĭon |
τὼ ὁρκῐ́ω tṑ horkĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ὅρκῐᾰ tằ hórkĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὅρκῐον hórkĭon |
ὁρκῐ́ω horkĭ́ō |
ὅρκῐᾰ hórkĭă | ||||||||||
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Adjective
ὅρκῐον • (hórkĭon)
- inflection of ὅρκῐος (hórkĭos):
- accusative singular masculine
- nominative/accusative/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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.