Ἀντωμοσία
affidavit
Translated by David Whitehead6 Oct 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] certain documents written by those involved in the lawsuit, both the plaintiff and the defendant, which they then submit to the authorities. It is so called1 since each of the two of them swore an oath, the one to prosecute truthfully, the other to defend himself truthfully.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀντωμοσία· γράμματά τινα γραψάντων, περὶ ὧν ἡ δίκη, ὅ τε κατηγορούμενος καὶ ὁ κατηγορῶν, ἀποφέρουσι πρὸς τὴν ἀρχήν. καλεῖται δὲ οὕτως, ἐπειδὴ ἑκάτερος αὐτῶν ἀντώμνυεν, ὁ μὲν τἀληθῆ κατηγορήσειν, ὁ δὲ τἀληθῆ ἀπολογήσασθαι.
Betacode
*)antwmosi/a: gra/mmata/ tina graya/ntwn, peri\ w(=n h( di/kh, o(/ te kathgorou/menos kai\ o( kathgorw=n, a)pofe/rousi pro\s th\n a)rxh/n. kalei=tai de\ ou(/tws, e)peidh\ e(ka/teros au)tw=n a)ntw/mnuen, o( me\n ta)lhqh= kathgorh/sein, o( de\ ta)lhqh= a)pologh/sasqai.
Notes (1)
- Lightly adapted from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.↩
See already alpha 2758 and again alpha 2760.- 1The noun
a)ntwmosi/a literally means 'counter-swearing' or 'swearing-in-response'. - 1The noun
References
A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens vol.2 (Oxford 1971) 99-100
Linked from3 entries
- α2758ἈντωμοσίαaffidavitMeaning an] indictment under oath against someone, concerning [his] alleged wrongdoings. But a diomosia [is] the oath made by both sides who are pleading the case, by one to accuse the one who did [something], and by…
- α2760Ἀντωμοσίαaffidavit[Meaning] the [oath] of the opposing litigant. But [it is called] a hypomosia when, for instance, someone alleges that he was sick or some such thing. A parastasis is [the fee] given to the clerk through whom the charge…
- δ1234Διωμοσίαoath-taking[Meaning] the oaths made by litigants [sc. in Athenian courts] -- one swearing that he did suffer what he is complaining of, the other solemnly affirming that "I did not do it".
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