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ὅσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὅσιος

Structure: ὁσι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. pious, hallowed, sanctioned by the gods, (as opposed to δίκαιος "sanctioned by human law")
  2. of things which are allowed by divine law but not sacred: profane (as opposed to ἱερός "sacred to the gods")
  3. of persons: pious, devout, sinless

Examples

  • καίτοι, ὦ ἄνδρεσ, μὴ νομίζετε τοὺσ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων φονικὰ ἀδικήματα ὁσιώτατα δικάζοντασ αὐτοὺσ ἂν εἴσ τινα τῶν πολιτῶν τοιοῦτόν τι παρανομῆσαι. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 70:5)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν δὴ ταῦτα πράττοντα ἐμαυτὸν τά τε δίκαια ἡγοῦμαι πράττειν καὶ τὰ συμφέροντα καὶ τὰ καλὰ καὶ ἅμα ταῦτα καὶ τὰ πρὸσ τοὺσ θεοὺσ ὁσιώτατα· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 34 5:1)
  • δεῖν δὴ διὰ ταῦτα ὡσ ὁσιώτατα διαβιῶναι τὸν βίον· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 68:5)
  • πάσασ δὴ τὰσ ἀρχάσ, ὁπόσαι τε κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ ὁπόσαι πλείω χρόνον ἄρχουσιν, ἐπειδὰν μέλλῃ νέοσ ἐνιαυτὸσ μετὰ θερινὰσ τροπὰσ τῷ ἐπιόντι μηνὶ γίγνεσθαι, ταύτησ τῆσ ἡμέρασ τῇ πρόσθεν πάντασ χρὴ τοὺσ ἄρχοντασ συνελθεῖν εἰσ ἓν ἱερὸν καὶ τὸν θεὸν ὀμόσαντασ οἱο͂ν ἀπάρξασθαι πάσησ ἀρχῆσ ἕνα δικαστήν, ὃσ ἂν ἐν ἀρχῇ ἑκάστῃ ἄριστόσ τε εἶναι δόξῃ καὶ ἄριστ’ ἂν καὶ ὁσιώτατα τὰσ δίκασ τοῖσ πολίταισ αὐτῷ τὸν ἐπιόντα ἐνιαυτὸν φαίνηται διακρίνειν. (Plato, Laws, book 6 115:3)
  • ἃ γὰρ ὁμολογεῖται παρανομώτατα τοῖσ τε Ἕλλησιν καὶ τοῖσ βαρβάροισ, ταῦτα ἔπραξαν εἰσ τοὺσ ἡμετέρουσ πρέσβεισ ἀποσφάξαντεσ αὐτούσ, τῶν μὲν Ἑλλήνων ἱεροὺσ καὶ ἀσύλουσ εἶναι φαμένων τοὺσ κήρυκασ, ἡμῶν δὲ τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν δογμάτων καὶ τὰ ὁσιώτατα τῶν ἐν τοῖσ νόμοισ δι’ ἀγγέλων παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ μαθόντων· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 166:1)

Synonyms

  1. pious

  2. of persons

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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