ὁσία
English (LSJ)
Ion. ὁσίη, ἡ, (fem. of ὅσιος)
A divine law, οὐδ' ὁσίη κακὰ ῥάπτειν ἀλλήλοισιν it is against the law of God and nature to... Od.16.423, cf. 22.412, Pi.P.9.36, Call.Aet.3.1.5 ; τοῖσι οὐδὲ κτήνεα ὁσίη θύειν ἐστί those for whom it is not lawful, Hdt.2.45 ; ὅσον . . ὁ. ἐστὶ λέγειν ib. 171 ; ἐκ πάσης ὁ. h.Merc.470 ; ὁσίης πλέον εἰπεῖν more than law allows, Emp.4.7 ; νομίσας πολλὴν ὁ. τοῦ πράγματος holding the thing fully sanctioned, Ar.Pl.682 ; οὔτε θεοὺς οὔθ' ὁσίαν οὔτ' ἄλλ' οὐδὲν ἐποιήσατ' ἐμποδών D.21.104 ; τῶν ἱερῶν ὀσία παντί all may share lawfully in the rites, Berl.Sitzb.1927.158 (Cyrene): personified Ὁσία, Righteousness, E.Ba.370 (lyr.). II the service or worship owed by man to God, rites, offerings, etc., κἀγὼ τῆς ὁσίης ἐπιβήσομαι ἧς περ Ἀπόλλων I will enter into (enjoyment of) the same worship as A., h.Merc.173 ; ὣς ὁσίη γένετο the rites were established, h.Ap.237 ; ὁσίη κρεάων the rite of the flesh-offering, h.Merc.130: so without a gen., offering, λιτῇ προσγελάσαις ὁσίῃ AP9.91 (Arch.Jun.). 2 funeral rites, last honours paid to the dead, τὴν ὁ. ἀποπληροῦν Iamb.VP30.184. III prov., ὁσίας ἕκατι for form's sake, Lat. dicis causa, E.IT1461 ; ὁσίας ἕνεκα Eub.110, Ephipp.15.4 ; so ὁσίᾳ (or Ὁσίᾳ) δίδωμ' ἔπος τόδε E. IT1161. (οὐκ ὀσία Berl.Sitzb. l. c.)