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ὄμνυμι

omnumi

to swear, affirm with an oath, take a vow

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What it meant

1. ὄμνυμι · omnymi — Beekes

ὄμνυμι, -μαι [v.] ‘to swear, affirm with an oath, take a vow’ (Il.). «IE *h,emh,- ‘insist, urge’> VAR Also -ὕω, -bopat, aor. ὀμό-σίσλαι, -σίσλασθαι, fut. ὀμοῦμαι (IL), perf. ὀμώμοKa, -(σλμαι, aor. pass. ὀμο(σ)θῆναι (Att). ἃ *COMP Very often with prefix, e.g. ἀπ-, ἐξ-, é71-, συν-, ὑπ-. *DER ἀνώμοτος ‘unsworn’, together with -τί fadv.], further συνωμό-της [m.] ‘confederate’ together with -cia, etc. (IA); for ὁρκωμότης … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄμνυμι, p. 1129]

2. ὄμνῦμι · omnymi — Chantraine

ὄμνῦμι : -uat (Hom., ion.-att.), les formes thématiques ὀμνύω, -ouaœt apparaissent chez Hom. et sont bien attestécs dans la prose att., chez les com. sauf Ar. ; elles sont seules usuelles dans le NT ; f. ὀμοῦμαι {Hom., ion.-att., etc.) ; aor. inf. ὀμόσ(σ)αι, -ασθαν (Hom., ion.-att., etc.); parf. ὀμώμοκα ; passif ὁμώμομαι (Æsch., etc.), -σμαι (D.), aor. passif ὠμόθην (Is.), -σθὴν (X.). Sens : « jurer » avec … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄμνῦμι, p. 815]

3. ὄμνυμι · omnymi — Frisk

ὄμνυμι, -μαι, auch -dw, -douar, Aor. ὁμό-σ(σ)αι, -afoJacdaı, Fut. ὀμοῦμαι (alles seit Il.), Perf. du@uo-xa, -(σ)μαι, Aor. Pass. ὁμο(α) ϑῆναι (att.), sehr oft mit Präfix, z.B. an-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-, ovv-, ὕπ-, "schwören, mit einem Eide versichern, beschwören’. — Davon Abl. wie ἀνώμοτος 'unvereidigt” und “unbeschworen’ mit Adv. — ri, ferner συνωμό-της m. "Eidgenosse’ mit -σία u.a. (ion. att.); auch Zusammenbildungen wie … — [Frisk, s.v. ὄμνυμι, p. 1360]

4. ὄμνυμι · omnymi — Frisk

ὄμνυμι. Die Bed. ‘schwören’ steht für aind. dmiti fest, weshalb die Verbindung mit ὄμνυμι unbedenklich scheint, 5, Hoffmann ΚΖ 83 (1969) 193-210. Burvn. Zur Verbindung mit aind. apnas- usw. auch ManessyGuitton Indo-Ir. Journ. 8 (1964-1965) 189. — [Frisk, s.v. ὄμνυμι, p. 2287]

5. ὄμνῡμι · omnymi — LSJ

swear

swear, c. acc. cogn., ὀμνυέτω δέ τοι ὅρκον Il. 19.175, al. ; ὅτις κʼ ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσῃ 3.279 ; ἑκὼν ἐπίορκον ὀμόσσας Hes. Op. 282 : c. dat. pers., νῦν μοι ὄμοσσον . . ὅρκον Il. 19.108, al. ; πρός τινα Od. 14.331, 19.288 :—Pass., ὀμώμοται γὰρ ὅοκος ἐκ θεῶν A. Ag. 1284 ; ὅρκων ὀμωμος μένων D. 7.10 ; εἰ ὀμώμοσται οὗτος [ὁ ὅρκος] Arist. Rh. 1377a11, cf. b7.

II swear to, affirm, confirm by oath

swear to a thing, affirm or confirm by oath,

1

folld. by acc., ταῦτα δʼ ἐγὼν ἐθέλω ὀμόσαι Il. 19.187, cf. S. OC 1145, X. Ages. 1.11 ; ὄ. τὰς σπονδάς Foed. ap. Th. 5.47 ; τὴν εἰρήνην D. 18.32, cf. 9.16 ; θεῶν πίστεις τινί Th. 5.30, etc.

2 swear that one will, swear that one does, swear that one has, swear that one did

folld. by fut. inf., swear that one will . . , Il. 21.373, etc., cf. S. Ph. 623, 941 (pres. inf., D. 21.188 codd.) : freq. with ἦ μέν, Att. ἦ μήν, preceding the inf., καί μοι ὄμοσσον ἦ μέν μοι . . ἀρήξειν Il. 1.76, cf. 10.321, Lys. 31.1, X. HG 5.3.26, etc. : also by aor. inf. and ἄν, Id. An. 7.7.40 : by pres. inf., swear that one does . . , S. Ph. 357 : by pf. inf., swear that one has . . , D. 21.119 ; ὤμνυς μὴ γεγονέναι Magn. 6 : by aor. inf., swear that one did . . , ὀμνύουσι μὴ ʼκπιεῖν ἀλλʼ ἢ

3 given my word of honour

abs., εἶπον ὀμόσας ἄν I would have given my word of honour, Pl. Smp. 215d.

III swear by, has been sworn by, adjured

with acc. of the person or thing sworn by, swear by, νῦν μοι ὄμοσσον ἀάατον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ Il. 14.271 ; γαιήοχον ἐννοσίγαιον ὄμνυθι 23.585, cf. 15.40, Hdt. 5.7, A. Th. 529, S. Tr. 1185, etc. ; ὀμωμοκὼς τοὺς θεούς D. 18.217 ; ὄμνυμι θεοὺς καὶ θεάς folld. by inf., X. An. 6.6.17, cf. 6.1.31 : rarely c. dat., τῷ γὰρ ὄμνυτʼ; ἢ σιδαρέοισι; Ar. Nu. 248 : in Prose also with Preps., ὀ. καθʼ ἱερῶν τελείων Lex ap. And. 1.97, Th. 5.47 ; κατʼ ἐξωλείας D. 21.119 ; κατὰ τῆς Πολιάδος Luc. Symp. 32 ; εἰς τὸν Οὐιτέλ

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄμνυμι (scan p. 1129; entry #4553). Root candidates: *ama-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄμνυμι (scan pp. 815-816; entry #5919).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄμνυμι (scan p. 1360; entry #4259).

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