Ὅρκος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Personification of ὅρκος (hórkos, “object by which one swears an oath”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hór.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)or.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈor.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈor.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈor.kos/
Proper noun
Ὅρκος • (Hórkos) m (genitive Ὅρκου); second declension
Inflection
Descendants
- →? Latin: Orcus