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Headword:
Ἀντωμοσία
Adler number: alpha,2759
Translated headword: affidavit
Vetting Status: high
Translation: 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:Ἀντωμοσία: γράμματά τινα γραψάντων, περὶ ὧν ἡ δίκη, ὅ τε κατηγορούμενος καὶ ὁ κατηγορῶν, ἀποφέρουσι πρὸς τὴν ἀρχήν. καλεῖται δὲ οὕτως, ἐπειδὴ ἑκάτερος αὐτῶν ἀντώμνυεν, ὁ μὲν τἀληθῆ κατηγορήσειν, ὁ δὲ τἀληθῆ ἀπολογήσασθαι.
Notes:
Lightly adpated from Harpokration s.v.
See already
alpha 2758 and again
alpha 2760.
[1] The noun
ἀντωμοσία literally means 'counter-swearing' or 'swearing-in-response'.
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.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 15 August 2002@06:56:40.
William Hutton (Added note, cosmetics, set status) on 30 October 2002@13:50:35.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 28 June 2011@04:58:00.
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