ὅρκιον

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὅρκῐον • (hórkion) n (genitive ὁρκίου); second declension

  1. oath
    Synonym: ὅρκος (hórkos)
  2. pledge, surety
  3. treaty
  4. victim sacrificed to mark the settlement of an oath or treaty

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὅρκῐον; τοῦ ὁρκῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὅρκῐον
tò hórkion 		τὼ ὁρκῐ́ω
tṑ horkíō 		τᾰ̀ ὅρκῐᾰ
tà hórkia
Genitive τοῦ ὁρκῐ́ου
toû horkíou 		τοῖν ὁρκῐ́οιν
toîn horkíoin 		τῶν ὁρκῐ́ων
tôn horkíōn
Dative τῷ ὁρκῐ́ῳ
tôi horkíōi 		τοῖν ὁρκῐ́οιν
toîn horkíoin 		τοῖς ὁρκῐ́οις
toîs horkíois
Accusative τὸ ὅρκῐον
tò hórkion 		τὼ ὁρκῐ́ω
tṑ horkíō 		τᾰ̀ ὅρκῐᾰ
tà hórkia
Vocative ὅρκῐον
hórkion 		ὁρκῐ́ω
horkíō 		ὅρκῐᾰ
hórkia
Notes:

Adjective

ὅρκῐον • (hórkion)

  1. inflection of ὅρκῐος (hórkios):
    1. accusative singular masculine
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter

Further reading

  • ὅρκιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “ὅρκιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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