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Headword:
Antômosia
Adler number: alpha,2759
Translated headword: affidavit
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] certain documents written by those involved in the lawsuit, both the plaintiff and the defendant, which they then submit to the authorities. It is so called[1] since each of the two of them swore an oath, the one to prosecute truthfully, the other to defend himself truthfully.
Greek Original:Antômosia: grammata tina grapsantôn, peri hôn hê dikê, ho te katêgoroumenos kai ho katêgorôn, apopherousi pros tên archên. kaleitai de houtôs, epeidê hekateros autôn antômnuen, ho men talêthê katêgorêsein, ho de talêthê apologêsasthai.
Notes:
Lightly adapted from Harpokration (and
Photius) s.v.
See already
alpha 2758 and again
alpha 2760.
[1] The noun
a)ntwmosi/a literally means 'counter-swearing' or 'swearing-in-response'.
Reference:
A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens vol.2 (Oxford 1971) 99-100
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; law; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 6 October 2000@09:32:40.
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