Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θεοσεβής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεοσεβής θεοσεβές

Structure: θεοσεβη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: se/bw

Sense

  1. fearing God, religious

Examples

  • οὐχ ὁρᾷσ ὅτι τὰ πολυχρονιώτατα καὶ σοφώτατα τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων, πόλεισ καὶ ἔθνη, θεοσεβέστατά ἐστι, καὶ αἱ φρονιμώταται ἡλικίαι θεῶν ἐπιμελέσταται; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 4 17:2)

Synonyms

  1. fearing God

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

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