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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>pĭĕtas</b>: ātis, f. [[pius]],<br /><b>I</b> [[dutiful]] [[conduct]] [[towards]] the gods, one's parents, relatives, benefactors, [[country]], etc., [[sense]] of [[duty]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> With [[respect]] to the gods, [[piety]]: est [[enim]] [[pietas]] justitia [[adversus]] deos, Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 115; 1, 2, 3; cf.: [[aequitas]] tripartita dicitur esse; una ad superos deos, altera ad manes, tertia ad homines pertinere. Prima [[pietas]], secunda [[sanctitas]], tertia justitia aut [[aequitas]] nominatur, id. Top. 23, 90: [[pietas]] [[adversus]] deos, id. Fin. 3, 22, 73: deos placatos [[pietas]] efficiet et [[sanctitas]], id. Off. 2, 3, 11; id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: [[senex]] [[fretus]] pietate deum, Naev. B. Punic. 3, 1; Enn. ap. Non. 160, 2 (Trag. v. 369 Vahl.): nec [[pietas]] ulla est, velatum [[saepe]] videri Vortier ad lapidem [[atque]] omnes accedere ad aras, etc., [[that]] is not [[piety]], to [[incline]] [[with]] [[veiled]] [[head]] to the [[marble]], etc., Lucr. 5, 1198.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Conscientiousness, [[scrupulousness]], Ov. F. 6, 607.—So of [[love]] and [[duty]] [[towards]] God (eccl. Lat.; freq.), Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 1; id. 2 Pet. 1, 6.—Plur., Vulg. 2 Pet. 3, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With [[respect]] to one's parents, children, relatives, [[country]], benefactors, etc., [[duty]], [[dutifulness]], [[affection]], [[love]], [[loyalty]], [[patriotism]], [[gratitude]], etc.: Pa. Salve, mi [[pater]] [[insperate]]. Tr. Volup est, [[quom]] [[istuc]] ex pietate vestrā nobis contigit, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 132: patrem tuom si percoles per pietatem, [[dutifully]], id. Trin. 2, 2, 3: justitia [[erga]] deos [[religio]], [[erga]] parentes [[pietas]] nominatur, Cic. Part. 22, 78: [[quid]] est [[pietas]], [[nisi]] [[voluntas]] grata in parentes? id. Planc. 33, 80: justitiam cole et pietatem, quae cum [[sit]] magna in parentibus et propinquis, tum in patriā maxima est, id. Rep. 6, 15, 15; cf.: [[pietas]], quae [[erga]] patriam aut parentes, aut alios [[sanguine]] conjunctos [[officium]] conservare monet, id. Inv. 2, 22, 65; id. Rosc. Am. 13, 37: [[pietas]] in matrem, id. Lael. 3, 11; id. Att. 13, 39: mi [[mater]], tua [[pietas]] [[plane]] nobis [[auxilio]] fuit, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 122; cf. v. 99: [[felix]] nati pietate, Verg. A. 3, 480: solemnia pietatis, the [[last]] offices, Tac. Agr. 7: egregium narras mirā pietate parentem, Cat. 66, 29: [[pietas]] [[erga]] aliquem, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1: in aliquem, id. ib. 1, 9, 1: hic tui omnes valent summāque pietate te desiderant, id. ib. 6, 20, 2: nec publicae pietatis intererat, [[quid]] vocarere, to the [[affection]] of the citizens, Plin. [[Pan]]. 21, 3: militiae, Luc. 4, 499.—Towards a [[husband]] ([[rare]]): [[neque]] id ([[officium]] [[nostrum]]) [[magis]] facimus [[quam]] nos monet [[pietas]], Plaut. Stich. 1, 1, 6; cf.: [[scelus]] est [[pietas]] in conjuge Tereo, Ov. M. 6, 635.—The [[formula]] PIETATIS CAVSA or EX PIETATE (opp. EX TESTAMENTO), in epitaphs, denotes [[that]] the [[heir]] [[raised]] the [[monument]] to the [[deceased]], not [[because]] compelled by the [[latter]]'s [[last]] [[will]], [[but]] [[out]] of [[affection]] and [[respect]], Inscr. Orell. 4692; Inscr. Fabr. p. 710, n. 314.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in postAug. [[prose]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[Justice]]: at [[tibi]] ... pro talibus ausis Di, si [[qua]] est [[caelo]] [[pietas]], quae talia curet, Persolvant [[grates]] dignas, etc., Verg. A. 2, 536; cf. Sil. 6, 410; so Verg. A. 5, 688: [[summa]] deum [[pietas]], Stat. S. 3, 3, 1; cf. Liv. 4, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Gentleness, [[kindness]], [[tenderness]], [[pity]], [[compassion]]: permittite Patres Conscripti a pietate vestrā impetrari, ut damnatis liberum mortis [[arbitrium]] indulgeatis, Suet. Dom. 11: [[senatus]], Plin. [[Pan]]. 79, 4; Dig. 48, 9, 5.—In addressing a [[person]]: mea [[pietas]], my [[kind]] [[friend]], Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 57.—<br /><b>III</b> Pĭĕtas, personified, a [[goddess]], Piety, [[who]] had [[two]] [[temples]] at [[Rome]], Liv. 40, 34, 5; Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 2, 11, 28; id. Div. 1, 43, 98; Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121; Val. Max. 5, 4, 7; Fest. p. 209 Müll.; Inscr. Orell. 1824 sq.; 3291.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>pĭĕtās</b>,⁸ ātis, f. ([[pius]]), sentiment qui fait reconnaître et accomplir tous les devoirs envers les dieux, les parents, la [[patrie]], etc. [trad. variable, suivant l’objet] : [envers les dieux] piété : Cic. Nat. 1, 115 ; Top. 90, etc. ; [envers les parents] piété, pieuse affection : Cic. Læl. 11 ; Planc. 80, etc. ; [envers la [[patrie]] amour de la [[patrie]], patriotisme : Cic. Rep. 6, 15 ; Inv. 2, 65, etc. ; [en gén.] amour respectueux, tendresse, etc. [envers = [[adversus]], [[erga]], in acc.] : tua [[pietas]] Pl. Pœn. 1277, ton affection [paternelle] ; [[pietas]] gnati Ter. Andr. 869, affection filiale ; alicui pietatem præstare Cic. Br. 126, montrer son affection à qqn &#124;&#124; [en part.] équité [[divine]], justice [[divine]] : Virg. En. 2, 536 &#124;&#124; sympathie, bonté, bienveillance : Suet. Dom. 11 ; Plin. Min. [[Pan]]. 79, 4.||[en part.] équité [[divine]], justice [[divine]] : Virg. En. 2, 536||sympathie, bonté, bienveillance : Suet. Dom. 11 ; Plin. Min. [[Pan]]. 79, 4.
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{{Georges
|georg=pietās, ātis, f. ([[pius]]), die pflichtmäßige [[Gesinnung]], das [[Pflichtgefühl]], I) eig.: a) [[gegen]] [[Gott]] = die [[Frömmigkeit]], Cic. u.a. – b) [[gegen]] [[Eltern]], Kinder, [[Geschwister]], Anverwandte, [[Vaterland]], [[Obrigkeit]], [[Wohltäter]], (zärtliche) [[Liebe]], (zärtliche) Anhänglichkeit, [[Zärtlichkeit]], liebevolle [[Gesinnung]], liebevolles [[Benehmen]], kindliche [[Pflicht]], kindliche [[Dankbarkeit]], Vaterlandsliebe usw., Cic. u.a.: tua [[pietas]], deine [[Zärtlichkeit]], du [[als]] zärtlicher [[Sohn]], Plin. ep. 10, 1, 1: pietatem gnati! das ist die [[Liebe]] [[des]] Sohnes (zu seinem [[Vater]])! Ter. Andr. 869. – m. [[erga]] od. in u. Akk., [[erga]] me, Traian. in Plin. ep. 10, 9 (25) extr.: in patrem patriamque, Liv. 7, 10, 3. – c) die [[Gerechtigkeit]], Verg. Aen. 2, 536, Sil. 6, 410. – d) die [[Sanftmut]], Barmherzigkeit, [[Gnade]], das [[Mitleid]], Verg., Suet. u. ICt. – II) personif., Pietās, [[als]] [[Göttin]], Cic. de legg. 2, 19: ihre [[zwei]] [[Tempel]] in der neunten u. elften [[Region]] Roms, Cic. de div. 1, 98. Liv. 40, 34, 4. Val. Max. 5, 4, 7.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=pietas pietatis N F :: responsibility, sense of duty; loyalty; tenderness, goodness; pity; piety (Bee)
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