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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

  • τρόποσ γὰρ θεοῦ θεραπείασ οὗτοσ ὁσιώτατοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 149:4)
  • ζῶντι γὰρ ἔδει βοηθεῖν πάντασ τοὺσ προσήκοντασ, ὅπωσ ὅτι δικαιότατοσ ὢν καὶ ὁσιώτατοσ ἔζη τε ζῶν καὶ τελευτήσασ ἀτιμώρητοσ ἂν κακῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ἐγίγνετο τὸν μετὰ τὸν ἐνθάδε βίον. (Plato, Laws, book 12 129:1)

Synonyms

  1. pious

  2. of persons

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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