ἐξόμνῡμι
and ἐξομνύω, future ἐξομοῦμαι: aorist ἐξώμοσα:— swear in excuse, ἐξώμοσεν ἀρρωστεῖν τουτονί [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.124. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II mostly, swear in the negative, ἐξομῇ τὸ μὴ εἰδένα; [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 535; μαρτυρεῖν ἢ ἐξομνύειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 29.20:] Refs 5th c.BC+] — mostly in middle, aorist ἐξωμοσάμην, deny or disown upon oath, swear formally that one does not know a thing, abjure, τὰς διαβολάς [[ [prev. author] 57.36; ἃ μὲν οἶδεν ἐξόμνυσθαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 9.19: _absolutely_, [prev. work] 18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 949a, etc.; οὐκ ἂν ἐξομόσαιτο μὴ οὐκ εἰδέναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.59, compare “PHal.” 1.230 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; forswear, renounce, συγγένειαν ἐξόμνυσθαι [[ LXX.4Mac.4.26, 10.3. ] LXX]
__II.2 decline or refuse an office by an oath that one has not means or health to perform it, ἐξομόσασθαι τὴν πρεσβείαν [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.94, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.124 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; [τὴν ἀρχήν] [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297a20, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marcellus” 6, 12, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 24.5. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 forswear, renounce, τὴν ἐλευθερίαν [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 6; τὴν ἐπικουρίαν 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.60d. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III later, simply, swear, make affidavit, [[ PFlor. 32 A 12 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]