Iovem lapidem iurare

Phrase

 * 1) to swear by the Jupiter Stone, to make the most sacred of oaths
 * 2) * 62 – 43 , Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 7.12:
 * Quōmodo autem tibi placēbit Iovem lapidem iūrāre, cum sciās Iovem īrātum esse nēminī posse?
 * Again, how will it please you to swear by the Jupiter Stone, when you know that Jupiter cannot be angry with anyone?
 * 1) * c. 125 – c. 180 , Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.21:
 * “Iovem lapidem,” inquit “quod sānctissimum iūsiūrandum habitum est, parātus egō iūrāre sum Vergilium hoc numquam scrīpsisse, sed Hygīnum egō vērum dīcere arbitror.”
 * He said, “I am ready to swear by the Jupiter Stone, which is considered the most sacred of oaths, that Virgil never wrote that, but (instead) I judge that Hyginus speaks the truth.”