swear in excuse,
ἐξόμνῡμιandἐξομμᾰτ-ύω,fut. ἐξομοῦμαι:aor. ἐξώμοσα:—
A. swear in excuse,
ἐξώμοσεν ἀρρωστεῖν τουτονί
D. 19.124
.
II. mostly,swear in the negative,
ἐξομῇ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι;
S. Ant. 535
; μαρτυρεῖν ἢ ἐξομνύειν
D. 29.20
:— mostly in Med. ,aor. ἐξωμοσάμην, denyordisown upon oath, swear formally that one does not knowa thing,abjure,
τὰς διαβολάς
Id. 57.36
; ἃ μὲν οἶδεν ἐξόμνυσθαι
Is. 9.19
: abs., ib. 18 , Pl. Lg. 949a , etc.; οὐκ ἂν ἐξομόσαιτο μὴ οὐκ εἰδέναι
D. 57.59
, cf. PHal. 1.230
(iii B. C.);forswear, renounce,
συγγένειαν ἐξόμνυσθαι
LXX 4 Ma. 4.26
, 10.3 .
2. declineorrefusean officeby an oaththat one has not means or health to perform it, ἐξομόσασθαι τὴν πρεσβείαν
Aeschin. 2.94
, cf. D. 19.124 ; [τὴν ἀρχήν] Arist. Pol. 1297a20 , Plu. Marc. 6 , 12 , cf. Thphr. Char. 24.5 .
3. forswear, renounce,
τὴν ἐλευθερίαν
Luc. Apol. 6
; τὴν ἐπικουρίαν
Jul. Or. 2.60d
.
III. later, simply,swear, make affidavit,
PFlor. 32
A 12
(iii A. D.).
