Ἐπακτὸς ὅρκος
imposed oath
Translated by David Whitehead10 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the [kind] not self-selected, but to which someone else leads [the swearer].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπακτὸς ὅρκος· ὁ μὴ αὐθαίρετος, ἀλλ' ἐφ' ὃν ἕτερος ἄγει.
Betacode
*)epakto\s o(/rkos: o( mh\ au)qai/retos, a)ll' e)f' o(\n e(/teros a)/gei.
Notes
- Similar entry in Hesychius epsilon4121; and see also Zenobius 3.80.
See further the next entry, epsilon 1935.