oJrkivzw , f. sw , to make one swear, Xen., Dem.; oJrkivzw se to;n Qeovn I adjure one by God, N.T.
o{rkion
o{rkion , tov , = o{rko" , an oath, Hom., etc.
II. mostly in pl., o{rkia, tav , that which is sworn to, the articles of a treaty, Hom., etc.; o{rkia pista; tamei`n (v. tevmnw II ), Il.:—on the other hand, o{rkia dhlhvsasqai or uJpe;r o{rkia dhl . to violate a solemn treaty, Ib.; o{rkia path`sai to trample on the treaties, Ib.; so, o{rkia sugceu`ai, yeuvsasqai Ib.
2.
the victims sacrificed on taking these solemn oaths,
Ib.
3.
a surety resting on oath,
in sing., Pind., Ar.
o{rkio"
o{rkio" , on , rarely a, on :— belonging to an oath, i.e.
1.
sworn, bound by oath,
Aesch.;
o{rkio" levgw
I speak
as if on oath,
Soph.
2.
that which is sworn by,
o{rkioi qeoiv
the gods
invoked to witness an oath,
Eur.; so,
qeoi; oiJ o{rk
. Thuc.; esp.,
Zeu;" o{rkio"
Soph.,Eur.;
xivfo" o{rkion
a sword
sworn by,
Eur.
oJrkismov"
oJrkismov" , oJ , ( oJrkivzw ) administration of an oath, Plut.
o{rko"
o{rko" , oJ , (v. fin.) the object by which one swears, the witness of an oath, as the Styx among the gods, Hom., etc.:—hence,
2. an oath, Id., etc.; o{rko" qew`n an oath by the gods, Od.; o{rkon ojmovsai to swear an oath, Hom., etc.; o{rkon ejpiorkei`n to take a false oath, Aeschin.; o{rkon didovnai kai; devxasqai to tender an oath to another and accept the tender from him, Hdt., Att.; o{rkon ajpodidovnai to take an oath, ajpolambavnein to tender it, Dem.; so, o{rkon didovnai kai; lambavnein Arist.; o{rkoi" tina; katalambavnein to bind one by oaths, Thuc.; o{rkw/ ejmmevnein to abide by it, Eur.; ei\pai ejpÆ o{rkou to say on oath, Hdt.
II. {Orko" , personified, son of [Eri" , a divinity, who punishes the perjured, Hes., etc. ( o{rko" was orig. equiv. to e{rko" , as oJrkavnh to eJrkavnh , from e[rgw, ei[rgw , properly, that which restrains from doing a thing).
oJrkou`ro"
oJrk-ou`ro" , oJ , = eJrk-ou`ro" , Anth.
oJrkovw
oJrkovw , f. wvsw , to bind by oath, Thuc., etc. Hence o{rkwma
o{rkwma
o{rkwma , ato", tov , an oath, Aesch.
oJrkwmosiva
oJrkwmosiva , hJ , a swearing, an oath, Ep.
oJrkwmovsia
oJrkwmovsia
,
tav
,
asseverations on oath,
Plat.
II.
the sacrifice on taking an oath,
Id.
III.
oJrkwmovsion, tov
,
the place where a treaty has been sworn to,
Plut.