ὅρκ-ιον,τό,
A.
= ὅρκος ,oath,
Il. 4.158 , Hdt. 1.29 , etc.;ὅρκια δοῦναιtakeoaths,
Od. 19.302 , E. Supp. 1232 (anap.); ὅ. πορεῖν
A.R. 2.433
;ὅρκια δὲ Ζεὺς ἴστωlet Zeus witness ouroath,
Il. 7.411 .
II. mostly in pl.,ὅρκια,τά, the offerings and other things used at a solemn oathortreaty,
κήρυκες . . ὅ. πιστὰ θεῶν σύναγον
Il. 3.269
, cf. 245 ; οἱ ἐννέα ἄρχοντες ὀμνύουσιν ὥσπερ ἐπὶ Ἀκάστου τὰ ὅ. ποιήσειν
Arist. Ath. 3.3
; ὅ. παρεχέτω ὁ ἱερωργός
SIG 581.91
(Crete,iii/ii B. C.); then,that which is sworn to, treaty, solemn agreement,freq. in Hom. (esp. Il. ), οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅ. πιστά