Ἐπηπείλησα καὶ κατώμοσα

I give due warning and I solemnly swear

Translated by David Whitehead13 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

11 words

Meaning I swear after announcing [sc. my intention to do so].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπηπείλησα καὶ κατώμοσα· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐπαγγειλάμενος ὤμοσα.

Betacode

*)ephpei/lhsa kai\ katw/mosa: a)nti\ tou= e)paggeila/menos w)/mosa.

Aristophanes, Birds 630 (web address 1), with scholion. Although the tense of the verbs is aorist, it refers to something only just past and thus, in effect, still present: see Dunbar (below) 411 with 370.