εὐσεβέω
Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art
English (LSJ)
A live or act piously or reverently, abs., Thgn.145, Berl.Sitzb.1927.8 (Locr., V B.C.), S.Aj.1350, etc.; εἴς τινα towards one, Id.Ant.731; περί τινα E.Alc.1148; περὶ θεούς Pl.Smp.193a; πρὸς τὸν θεόν Men.Mon.567; πρὸς θεούς AP10.107 (E.); εὐ. τὰ πρὸς θεούς S. Ph.1441; τὰ περὶ τοὺς θεούς Isoc.3.2; of outward acts of service, θύουσα καὶ εὐσεβοῦσα τοῖς θεοῖς PRyl.112 (a).4 (iii A.D.); εὐ. θεούς to reverence them, A.Ag.338 (nisi leg. εὖ σέβειν) ; εὐσεβήσασαν τὴν θεόν BCH44.77 (Lagina):—Pass., εὐσεβεῖσθαι to be reverenced, Antipho 3.3.11, Ph.2.201; of a duty, to be reverently discharged, Pl.Ax. 364c.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εὐσεβέω: εἶμαι εὐσεβής, ζῶ ἢ φέρομαι εὐσεβῶς καὶ μετ’ εὐλαβείας, ἀπολ., Θέογν. 145, Σοφ. Αἴ. 1350, κλ.· εἴς τινα, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ἀντ. 731· περί τινα Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 1148, Πλάτ. Συμπ. 193Α· πρός τινα Μένανδρ. ἐν Μονοστίχ. 567· Ἀνθ. Π. 10. 107· εὐσ. τὰ πρὸς θεούς, εἰς τὰ ἀποβλέποντα τοὺς θεούς, Σοφ. Φιλ. 1441· τὰ περὶ θεοὺς Ἰσοκρ. 26Β: ― ὡσαύτως, εὐσ. θεούς, σέβεσθαι αὐτούς, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 338, κλ.· ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ περιπτώσει ὁ Πόρσων ἐν Εὐρ. Φοιν. 1340 γράφει εὖ σέβειν («vitentur tragici dìxisse εὖ σέβειν θεοὺς καὶ εὐσεβεῖν εἰς θεούς»), ἀλλ’ ἡ διάκρισις εἶναι ἀμφισβητήσιμος, διότι καὶ τὰ ῥήματα εὐεργετέω καὶ ἀσεβέω εἶναι ἐν χρήσει μετ’ αἰτ. προσώπου (ἴδε τὰς λέξ.)· ἔχομεν δὲ καὶ Παθ. εὐσεβεῖσθαι, ἀπολαύειν σεβασμοῦ, ἐν Ἀντιφῶντι 123. 42, Πλάτ. Ἀξίοχ. 364C.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
être pieux, montrer des sentiments de piété (religieuse, filiale, etc.).
Étymologie: εὐσεβής.
English (Strong)
from εὐσεβής; to be pious, i.e. (towards God) to worship, or (towards parents) to respect (support): show piety, worship.
English (Thayer)
ἐυσεβω (εὐσεβής); "to be εὐσεβής (pious), to act piously or reverently" (toward God, one's country, magistrates, relations, and all to whom dutiful regard or reverence is due); in secular authors followed by εἰς, περί, πρός τινα; rarely also transitive, as Aeschylus Ag. 338 (τούς Θεούς) and in the Bible: τόν ἴδιον οἶκον, Θεόν, to worship God, Josephus, contra Apion 2,11, 1).
