Διωμοσία
oath-taking
Translated by David Whitehead20 Oct 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[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".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διωμοσία· ὅρκοι οἱ ὑπὸ τῶν δικαζομένων γιγνόμενοι, τοῦ μὲν ὀμνύντος, ὅτι παθὼν ἐγκαλεῖ, τοῦ δὲ ἄρα, ὅτι οὐκ ἐποίησα.
Betacode
*diwmosi/a: o(/rkoi oi( u(po\ tw=n dikazome/nwn gigno/menoi, tou= me\n o)mnu/ntos, o(/ti paqw\n e)gkalei=, tou= de\ a)/ra, o(/ti ou)k e)poi/hsa.