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Εὐορκία · fidelity to an oath (ε 3617) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε3617

ε3613I help (someone) on their way
ε3614most sociable, very sociable
ε3615good-tempered
ε3616good-temperedly
ε3617fidelity to an oath
ε3618faithful to one's oath
ε3619good-looking man
ε3620fine-eyed
ε3621is easily guided

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3617

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Εὐορκία

fidelity to an oath

Translated by Catharine Roth22 Jul 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

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3 words

Translation

[Meaning] swearing well.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὐορκία· τὸ καλῶς ὀμνύειν.

Betacode

*eu)orki/a: to\ kalw=s o)mnu/ein.

Notes

Pindar uses the headword -- a single word in the Greek -- in the plural at Olympian 2.66 (web address 1); subsequently attested in a variety of authors including Demosthenes, Appian and Philo Judaeus.
cf. epsilon 3618, lambda 164, mu 277, rho 13.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ε3618Εὐόρκουfaithful to one's oath[Meaning] pious. Hesiod [writes]: "a family of a man faithful to his oath may change afterwards." And Aristophanes [writes]: "but if you are at all delighted in the ways of a man faithful to his oath."

Neighbouring entries

ε3615Εὐόργητοςgood-tempered ε3616Εὐοργήτωςgood-temperedly ε3617Εὐορκίαfidelity to an oath ε3618Εὐόρκουfaithful to one's oath ε3619Εὔοπτος ἀνήρgood-looking man

Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Mar 2016

10 Mar 2016tweaked link — Catharine Roth
10 Mar 2016more keywords — David Whitehead
10 Nov 2012typos, upgraded link — Catharine Roth
8 Nov 2012expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
23 Jul 2003augmented x-refs and keywords — David Whitehead
22 Jul 2003Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εὐορκία (Adler number epsilon 3617), trans. Catharine Roth, 22 Jul 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3617

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗