ὅρκος

See also: όρκος

Ancient Greek

ὅρκος • (hórkos) m (genitive ὅρκου); second declension

the object by which one swears, the witness of an oath, as the Styx was among the gods, or as Zeus was among mortals
- Homer, Iliad 15.38
an oath
Synonym: ὅρκιον (hórkion)
- Homer, Odyssey 2.377

Second declension of ὁ ὅρκος; τοῦ ὅρκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὅρκος ho hórkos	τὼ ὅρκω tṑ hórkō	οἱ ὅρκοι hoi hórkoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὅρκου toû hórkou	τοῖν ὅρκοιν toîn hórkoin	τῶν ὅρκων tôn hórkōn
Dative	τῷ ὅρκῳ tôi hórkōi	τοῖν ὅρκοιν toîn hórkoin	τοῖς ὅρκοις toîs hórkois
Accusative	τὸν ὅρκον tòn hórkon	τὼ ὅρκω tṑ hórkō	τοὺς ὅρκους toùs hórkous
Vocative	ὅρκε hórke	ὅρκω hórkō	ὅρκοι hórkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.