1. ὅρκος · horkos — Beekes
oath
The corpus record
ὅρκος
orkos
oath
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Distribution
- On the Accession of Alexander 13 · 72.83/10k
- Apollodorus Against Callipus 7 · 33.44/10k
- Against Alcibiades 2 2 · 33.28/10k
- Against Callimachus 11 · 31.03/10k
- Philip's Letter 3 · 21.35/10k
- Defense Against a Charge of Subverting the Democracy 4 · 19.85/10k
- Plataicus 6 · 18.83/10k
- Against Boeotus 1 5 · 18.34/10k
- Against Olympiodorus 6 · 17.1/10k
- Against Philon 3 · 16.5/10k
- Apollodorus Against Timotheus 7 · 16.21/10k
- Against Apaturius 4 · 15.8/10k
Densest 12 of 134 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ὅρκος · horkos — Chantraine
», c
3. ὅρκος · horkos — Chantraine
objet sacralisant par lequel on jure, cf. Archil. 96 Bergk; c
4. ὅρκος · horkos — Frisk
Schwurgegenstand
5. ὅρκος · horkos — Frisk
Neue Erklärung von Benveniste Institutions II 166-171: ὅρκον ὀμόσαι eig
6. ὅρκος · horkos — LSJ
the object by which one swears
Attestations
- ὅρκον · horkon Iliad 1.233
- ὅρκος · horkos Iliad 1.239
- ὅρκου · horkou Iliad 2.755
- ὅρκον · horkon Iliad 9.132
- ὅρκον · horkon Iliad 9.274
- ὅρκον · horkon Iliad 14.280
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1154-1155; entry #4643 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 837-838; entry #6024 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1390-1391; entry #4327 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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