εὐσεβ-ής, ές
(
dative plural - σεβέοις [
Refs], (σέβω)
pious, religious, opposed to δυσσεβής (which see), [
Refs 6th c.BC+]: not common in early Prose, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
dutiful, especially
discharging sacred duties, πρός or ἔς τινα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὴρ εὐ. (variantεὐλαβής) κατὰ τὸν νόμον [
NT]
more righteous in act, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ τῶν εὐσεβῶν χῶρος, of a place in the nether world, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν εὐσεβέων (i.e. χώρῳ) [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
b Astrology texts, αἱ τῶν εὐσεβῶν μοῖραι [
Refs]
2 as epithet of Emperors, =
Pius, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially of Antoninus Pius, [
Refs]
2.b of taxes, etc., due to the Emperor, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
3 metaphorically, of a piece of land,
dutiful, i.e.
productive, ἀγρὸν -έστερον γεωργεῖν οὐδ᾽ ἕνα οἶμαι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II ofacts, things, etc.,
holy, sacred, ταῦτά μοὐστὶν εὐσεβῆ θεῶν πάρα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν εὐσεβεῖ [ἐστι] c.
infinitive, [
Refs]; τὸ εὐ., =εὐσέβεια, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ὑμέτερον εὐ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐμὸν εὐ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιτῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐσεβῶν παραβαίνειν Philipp. cited in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III adverb εὐσεβέως,
Attic dialect -βῶς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐσεβῶς ἔχει, for εὐσεβές ἐστι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
comparative -έστερον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative -έστατα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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