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ἀσέβημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσέβημα

Structure: ἀσεβηματ (Stem)

Etym.: a)sebh/s

Sense

  1. an impious or profane act

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐ τοίνυν οὐδὲ ἐκεῖνό ἐστιν ἀφετέον, ἐπείπερ τοὺσ λόγουσ ὡσ ἐπ’ ἀσεβήματι ἐποιησάμην. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 114:1)
  • τοῦτο δὲ μοναρχικῆσ πραγματοποιίασ οἰκεῖον εἶναι μᾶλλον ἢ πολιτικῆσ καὶ Ῥωμαϊκῆσ αἱρέσεωσ καὶ προσεοικὸσ ἀσεβήματι καὶ παρασπονδήματι κατὰ τὸν ὀρθὸν λόγον. (Polybius, Histories, book 36, ii. res graeciae 11:1)
  • εἰ μὲν γὰρ πρὶν ἢ δοῦναι τοὺσ Καρχηδονίουσ τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν αὑτῶν οὕτωσ ἐχείριζον τὰ πράγματα, κατὰ βραχὺ τὰ μὲν προτείνοντεσ, τὰ δὲ παραγυμνοῦντεσ, εἰκότωσ ἂν αὐτοὺσ ἐνόχουσ φαίνεσθαι τοῖσ ἐγκαλουμένοισ εἰ δὲ δόντων αὐτῶν τῶν Καρχηδονίων τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν ὥστε βουλεύεσθαι Ῥωμαίουσ ὅ, τι ποτὲ φαίνοιτο περὶ αὐτῶν, οὕτω κατὰ τὴν ἐξουσίαν, ὥσ ποτε δοκοῖ σφίσι, τὸ κριθὲν ἐπέταττον καὶ παρήγγελλον, οὐκέτι τὸ γινόμενον ἀσεβήματι παραπλήσιον εἶναι καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ παρασπονδήματι μικροῦ δεῖν· (Polybius, Histories, book 36, ii. res graeciae 12:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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