ὅρκος : (1) that by which
one swears, witness of an oath, for the gods the Styx;
for men Zeus, Earth, the Ermnyes, etc., Il.
2.755, Il. 15.38, Il. 3.276 ff., Il. 19.258 ff., Od. 14.394;
Achilles swears by his sceptre, Il.
1.234.—(2) oath;
ἑλέσθαι τινός or τινί, ‘take an oath from one,’ Il. 22.119, Od.
4.746
; ὅρκος θεῶν, ‘by the
gods,’ cf. Il. 20.313
; γερούσιος ὅρκος,
Il. 22.119;
ὅρκῳ πιστωθῆναι, Od.
15.436.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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