ἐπιορκέω

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 (ἐπιόρκηκα is v.l. in Hdt.l.c.):—swear falsely, forswear oneself, οὐδ’ ἐπιορκήσω πρὸς δαίμονος Il. 19.188: also, c.acc., of things sworn by, τὰς βασιληΐας ἱστίας ἐπιώρκηκε has sworn falsely by the 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. εὐορκεῖν and ἀληθορκεῖν, and betw. ἐπιορκεῖν and ψευδορκεῖν.

II. . simply, = ὄμνυμι, swear, Sol. ap. Lys. 10.17.