α1750Ἀμφιορκία
amphiorkia, double-oath, reciprocal oath
[sc. This is the term for what happens] when both the plaintiff and the defendant swear, [in the course of] bringing a charge of theft against certain people. But this often was seen to be in vain. So [the] Athenians…
Ἀμφιορκία· ἐπειδὰν ὅ τε διώκων καὶ ὁ φεύγων ὀμνύωσι, κλοπῆς ἔγκλημά τισιν ἐπιφέροντες. τοῦτο δὲ πολλάκις ὤφθη μάτην γινόμενον. ἔθεντο οὖν Ἀθηναῖοι νόμον κατὰ τῶν ἀπαγόντων εἰς …