ὅρκιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὅρκος (hórkos) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hór.ki.os/ → /ˈor.ci.os/ → /ˈor.ci.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hór.ki.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)or.ki.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ci.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ci.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈor.ci.os/

Adjective

ὅρκιος • (hórkios) m or f (neuter ὅρκιον); second declension or
ὅρκιος • (hórkios) m (feminine ὁρκίᾱ, neuter ὅρκιον); first/second declension

1. sworn, under oath

Declension

As a two-ending form:

Second declension of ὅρκιος; ὅρκιον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὅρκιος hórkios	ὅρκιον hórkion		ὁρκίω horkíō	ὁρκίω horkíō		ὅρκιοι hórkioi	ὅρκιᾰ hórkia
Genitive		ὁρκίου horkíou	ὁρκίου horkíou		ὁρκίοιν horkíoin	ὁρκίοιν horkíoin		ὁρκίων horkíōn	ὁρκίων horkíōn
Dative		ὁρκίῳ horkíōi	ὁρκίῳ horkíōi		ὁρκίοιν horkíoin	ὁρκίοιν horkíoin		ὁρκίοις horkíois	ὁρκίοις horkíois
Accusative		ὅρκιον hórkion	ὅρκιον hórkion		ὁρκίω horkíō	ὁρκίω horkíō		ὁρκίους horkíous	ὅρκιᾰ hórkia
Vocative		ὅρκιε hórkie	ὅρκιον hórkion		ὁρκίω horkíō	ὁρκίω horkíō		ὅρκιοι hórkioi	ὅρκιᾰ hórkia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὁρκίως horkíōs			ὁρκιότερος horkióteros			ὁρκιότᾰτος horkiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

As a three-ending form:

First and second declension of ὅρκιος; ὁρκίᾱ; ὅρκιον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὅρκιος hórkios	ὁρκίᾱ horkíā	ὅρκιον hórkion		ὁρκίω horkíō	ὁρκίᾱ horkíā	ὁρκίω horkíō		ὅρκιοι hórkioi	ὅρκιαι hórkiai	ὅρκιᾰ hórkia
Genitive		ὁρκίου horkíou	ὁρκίᾱς horkíās	ὁρκίου horkíou		ὁρκίοιν horkíoin	ὁρκίαιν horkíain	ὁρκίοιν horkíoin		ὁρκίων horkíōn	ὁρκίων horkíōn	ὁρκίων horkíōn
Dative		ὁρκίῳ horkíōi	ὁρκίᾳ horkíāi	ὁρκίῳ horkíōi		ὁρκίοιν horkíoin	ὁρκίαιν horkíain	ὁρκίοιν horkíoin		ὁρκίοις horkíois	ὁρκίαις horkíais	ὁρκίοις horkíois
Accusative		ὅρκιον hórkion	ὁρκίᾱν horkíān	ὅρκιον hórkion		ὁρκίω horkíō	ὁρκίᾱ horkíā	ὁρκίω horkíō		ὁρκίους horkíous	ὁρκίᾱς horkíās	ὅρκιᾰ hórkia
Vocative		ὅρκιε hórkie	ὁρκίᾱ horkíā	ὅρκιον hórkion		ὁρκίω horkíō	ὁρκίᾱ horkíā	ὁρκίω horkíō		ὅρκιοι hórkioi	ὅρκιαι hórkiai	ὅρκιᾰ hórkia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὁρκίως horkíōs				ὁρκιότερος horkióteros				ὁρκιότᾰτος horkiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὅρκιον (hórkion)

Further reading

• “ὅρκιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • oath idem, page 564.
  • swear idem, page 847.