Διωμοσία καὶ ἀντωμοσία
diomosia and antomosia, preliminary oath and counter-oath
Translated by Antonella Ippolito7 Feb 2005Vetting: high12 revisions
Translation
Whenever those prosecuting [sc. in Athenian lawsuits] take their oath, [swearing] that they are prosecuting truthfully, this [is called the] diwmosi/a ; but whenever those being prosecuted swear the same oath, in their effort to clear themselves of the charges, this [is called the] a)ntwmosi/a [literally: oath in reply].1
*diippasi/a and a)nippasi/a [are terms meaning] a race/contest for horses; just like, of course, diwmosi/a and a)ntwmosi/a both denote the same thing.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διωμοσία καὶ ἀντωμοσία· ὅταν οἱ κατηγοροῦντες ὀμνύωσιν, ὡς ἀληθῶς κατηγοροῦσι, τοῦτο διωμοσία· ὅταν δὲ οἱ κατηγορούμενοι ὀμνύωσι τὸν αὐτὸν ὅρκον, διαλυόμενοι τὰ ἐγκλήματα, τοῦτο ἀντωμοσία. διιππασία καὶ ἀνιππασία, τῶν ἵππων ἅμιλλα· ὥσπερ δὴ διωμοσία καὶ ἀντωμοσία τὸ αὐτὸ ἄμφω δηλοῖ.
Betacode
*diwmosi/a kai\ a)ntwmosi/a: o(/tan oi( kathgorou=ntes o)mnu/wsin, w(s a)lhqw=s kathgorou=si, tou=to diwmosi/a: o(/tan de\ oi( kathgorou/menoi o)mnu/wsi to\n au)to\n o(/rkon, dialuo/menoi ta\ e)gklh/mata, tou=to a)ntwmosi/a. diippasi/a kai\ a)nippasi/a, tw=n i(/ppwn a(/milla: w(/sper dh\ diwmosi/a kai\ a)ntwmosi/a to\ au)to\ a)/mfw dhloi=.
Notes (2)
- LSJ entries for the two headwords at web addresses 1 & 2.↩
- 1= Photius, Lexicon delta638; cf. Synagoge (Codex B) alpha1511, Hesychius delta2049; see also delta 1234. Before a trial in classical Athens, the oath at the anakrisis (preliminary examination) was called
diwmosi/a for the plaintiff anda)ntwmosi/a for the defendant; cf. Demosthenes 23.69 (web address 3). The plural is frequent: see e.g. Antiphon 5.88, Lysias 10.11 (web address 4). ↩- 2This second part of the entry = Photius, Lexicon delta584 and is repeated from delta 1043; cf. alpha 2758, and esp. alpha 2475 on the
a)nqippasi/a (sic: Xenophon and epigraphy).*diippasi/a is unattested outside lexicography, but see e.g. the redaction of the Etymologicum Magnum of ms. Laurentianus Divi Marci 304, where it is related topanippasi/a (sic; corrupted froma)nippasi/a ). - 1= Photius, Lexicon delta638; cf. Synagoge (Codex B) alpha1511, Hesychius delta2049; see also delta 1234. Before a trial in classical Athens, the oath at the anakrisis (preliminary examination) was called
References
E. Miller, Mélanges de littérature grecque contenant un grand nombre de textes inédits, Paris 1868 [repr. Amsterdam, Hakkert, 1965], 89
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 3 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 4 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from6 entries
- α2475ἈνιππασίαAnippasia and Diippasia[Meaning in both cases a] contest of horses. Just as "oath" [diomosia] and "affidavit" [antomosia] both obviously show the same thing.
- δ1043Διιππασίαdiippasia[diippasia] and anippasia: [both mean] a contest of horses, precisely as diomosia and antomosia both mean the same thing.
- δ1165Διόμνυταιaffirms, asseverates[Meaning he/she/it] swears.
- 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".
- δ1236Διώμοτοςbound by oath, oath-bound"[He] ordered the orators, bound by oath, to join the litigants". That is, [he ordered] the advocates [to do so]. Simocatta used the word diwmosi/a in reference to an oath when he says: "the Moors made a diwmosi/a…
- δ1237Διώμνυτοs/he took the oathImperfect tense.
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Revision history12 revisions · last 8 Sep 2016
- betacode — Catharine Roth
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- typo in bibliograpy — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- typo — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword and translation, augmented notes — William Hutton
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- adjusted links — Catharine Roth
- betacode — Catharine Roth
- modified headword and aspects of translation; modified and augmented notes; added more keywords; extensive cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Revised — Antonella Ippolito
- Revised — Antonella Ippolito
- Translated — Antonella Ippolito