ἐπιορκέω

ἐπιορκ-έω, also [full] ἐφιορκέω IG22.1126.9 (Delph. Amphict.), OGI 229.69 (Smyrna, iii B.C.), etc.: [tense] fut.

A

-ήσω Il.19.188

, Ar.Lys.914, etc., -ήσομαι ([etym.] κατ-) D.54.40: [tense] aor.

ἐπιώρκησα Id.49.67

, inf.

-ορκῆσαι Hdt. 4.68

(v.l. ἐφ-): [tense] pf.

ἐπιώρκηκα Pl.Lg.948e

, X.An.3.1.22, Din.1.47 (ἐπιόρκηκα is v.l. in Hdt.l.c.):—swear falsely, forswear oneself, οὐδ'

ἐπιορκήσω πρὸς δαίμονος Il.19.188

: also, c.acc., of things sworn by, τὰς βασιληΐας ἱστίας ἐπιώρκηκε has sworn falsely by the royal hearth, Hdt.4.68;

θεάς Din.1.47

; [θεούς] Ar.Av.1609, X.An.2.4.7, D.49.67, etc.: mostly abs., Ar.Eq.298,428, Nu.402, Pl.Phlb.65c, etc.;

οὐδὲν ἐφρόντιζ' ἐπιορκῶν D.21.119

: c.acc.cogn.,

ἐ. ὅρκους τινί Id.49.65

, cf.Aeschin.1.115; opp. εὐορκέω, Lexap.And.1.98, Cleanth.Stoic.1.131, Chrysipp.ib.2.63, who distinguishes betw. εὐορκεῖν and ἀληθορκεῖν, and betw. ἐπιορκεῖν and ψευδορκεῖν.

II. simply, = ὄμνυμι, swear, Sol. ap. Lys.10.17.