ὅρκος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hórkos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hórkos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /órkos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /órkos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /óɾkos/

Noun

ὅρκος (genitive ὅρκου) m, second declension; (horkos)

1. the object by which one swears, the witness of an oath, as the Styx was among the gods, or as Zeus was among mortals
   • 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Iliad, 15.38
   1. an oath
      • 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Odyssey, 2.377

Inflection

Second declension of ὅρκος, ὅρκου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὅρκος	ὅρκω	ὅρκοι
Genitive	ὅρκου	ὅρκοιν	ὅρκων
Dative	ὅρκῳ	ὅρκοιν	ὅρκοις
Accusative	ὅρκον	ὅρκω	ὅρκους
Vocative	ὅρκε	ὅρκω	ὅρκοι

References

• LSJ 8th edition