ἀσεβέω

English (LSJ)

   A to be impious, act profanely, commit sacrilege, Hdt.1.159; opp. ἀδικέω, Ar.Th.367; ἀ. ἐς τὸν νηόν Hdt.8.129, cf. E.Ba.490, Antipho 5.93; περὶ τὰ ἱρά, τοὺς θεούς, Hdt.2.139, Antipho 4.1.2, cf. X.Ap.22, etc.; πρὸς τὰ θεῖα Id.Cyn.13.16: c. acc. cogn., ἀ. ἀσέβημα Pl.Lg.910e; ἀγγελίας καὶ ἐπιτάξεις παρὰ νόμον ἀ. ib.941a; περὶ οὗ τὴν ἑορτὴν ἀσεβῶν ἕαλωκε D.21.227.    2 c. acc. pers., sin against, ἢ θεὸν ἢ ξένον τιν' ἀσεβῶν A.Eu. 271 (lyr.); ἀ. θεούς D.S.1.77, Plu.2.291c; τὸ ἱαρὸν IG7.2418 (Thebes, iv B. C.); τὸν Καίσαρα POxy.1612.23 (iii A. D.):—Pass., ἀσεβοῦνται οἱ θεοί Lys.2.7; ἠσεβῆσθαι πρός τινος D.C.57.9; of households, to be affected with the consequences of sin, ὅταν τις ἀσεβηθῇ τῶν οἴκων Pl. Lg.877e.    3 Pass. also of the act, ἐμοὶ ἠσέβηται οὐδὲν περί τινος And.1.10; τὰ ἠσεβημένα Lys.6.6.