εὐσεβής
τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.
English (LSJ)
ές (dat. pl. -
A σεβέοις IG5(1).1390.5 (Andania)), (σέβω) pious, religious, opp. δυσσεβής (q.v.), Thgn.1141, Hdt.2.141, Pi.O.3.41; τρόπος Ar.Ra. 457 (lyr.): not common in early Prose, Gorg.Fr.6D., Pl.Phlb.39e; dutiful, esp. discharging sacred duties, πρός or ἔς τινα, A.Supp.340, E. El.253; ἀνὴρ εὐ. (v.l. εὐλαβής) κατὰ τὸν νόμον Act.Ap.22.12; εὐ. καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν ib.10.2: c.acc. modi, -εστέρα χεῖρα more righteous in act, A.Ch.141; εὐσεβεῖς κἀξ εὐσεβῶν βλαστόντας S.El.589; ὁ τῶν εὐσεβῶν χῶρος, of a place in the nether world, Pl.Ax.371c; ἐν εὐσεβέων (sc. χώρῳ) Call.Epigr.12, cf. Sammelb.2048 (ii b.c.). b Astrol., αἱ τῶν εὐσεβῶν μοῖραι Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).227. 2 as epith. of Emperors, = Pius, IGRom.3.91 (iii A.D.), al., PGrenf.1.49.28 (iii A.D.), PHamb.1.13.2 (iii A.D.), etc.; esp. of Antoninus Pius, IGRom.3.1293, al. b of taxes, etc., due to the Emperor, BGU917.15 (iv A.D.), etc. 3 metaph., of a piece of land, dutiful, i.e. productive, ἀγρὸν -έστερον γεωργεῖν οὐδ' ἕνα οἶμαι Men.Georg.35. II ofacts, things, etc., holy, sacred, ταῦτά μοὐστὶν εὐσεβῆ θεῶν πάρα A.Ch.122; εὐ. χρηστηριον E.El.1272; ἐν εὐσεβεῖ [ἐστι] c.inf., Id.Hel.1277; τὸ εὐ., = εὐσέβεια, S.OC1125, E.Tr.43; τὸ ὑμέτερον εὐ. Antipho 5.96; τοὐμὸν εὐ. E.Hipp.656; τιτῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐσεβῶν παραβαίνειν Philipp. ap. D.18.157. III Adv. εὐσεβέως, Att. -βῶς, Pi.O.6.79, etc.; εὐσεβῶς ἔχει, for εὐσεβές ἐστι, S.OT1431, D.19.212: Comp. -έστερον X.Mem. 4.3.16: Sup. -έστατα Isoc.4.33.
