swear falsely, forswear oneself
ἐπιορκ-έω, alsoἐφιορκέω
IG 22.1126.9 (Delph. Amphict.), OGI 229.69 (Smyrna,iii B.C.), etc.:fut.
A.
-ήσω
Il. 19.188
, Ar. Lys. 914 , etc.,-ήσομαι(κατ-) D. 54.40 :aor.
ἐπιώρκησα
Id. 49.67
,inf.
-ορκῆσαι
Hdt. 4.68
( v.l. ἐφ- ):pf.
ἐπιώρκηκα
Pl. Lg. 948e
, X. An. 3.1.22 , Din. 1.47 (ἐπιόρκηκαisv.l. inHdt.l.c.):—swear falsely, forswear oneself,οὐδ'
ἐπιορκήσω πρὸς δαίμονος
Il. 19.188
: also, c.acc., of things sworn by,τὰς βασιληί̈ας ἱστίας ἐπιώρκηκε has sworn falsely bythe royal hearth, Hdt. 4.68 ; θεάς
Din. 1.47
; [θεούς] Ar. Av. 1609 , X. An. 2.4.7 , D. 49.67 , etc.: mostly abs., Ar. Eq. 298 , 428 , Nu. 402 , Pl. Phlb. 65c , etc.; οὐδὲν ἐφρόντιζ' ἐπιορκῶν
D. 21.119
: c.acc.cogn., ἐ. ὅρκους τινί
Id. 49.65
, cf. Aeschin. 1.115 ; opp.εὐορκέω, Lexap. And. 1.98 , Cleanth.Stoic. 1.131 , Chrysipp.ib. 2.63 , who distinguishes betw.εὐορκεῖνandἀληθορκεῖν, and betw.ἐπιορκεῖνandψευδορκεῖν.
II. . simply, = ὄμνυμι ,swear, Sol. ap. Lys. 10.17 .
