ἀσεβέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be impious, act profanely, commit sacrilege</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.159</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀδικέω</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>367</span>; ἀ. ἐς τὸν νηόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.129</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>490</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.93</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ τὰ ἱρά, τοὺς θεούς</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.139</span>, <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.1.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ap.</span>22</span>, etc.; πρὸς τὰ θεῖα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>13.16</span>: c. acc. cogn., ἀ. ἀσέβημα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>910e</span>; <b class="b3">ἀγγελίας καὶ ἐπιτάξεις παρὰ νόμον ἀ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">941a</span>; περὶ οὗ τὴν ἑορτὴν ἀσεβῶν ἕαλωκε <span class="bibl">D.21.227</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. pers., [[sin against]], ἢ θεὸν ἢ ξένον τιν' ἀσεβῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 271</span> (lyr.); ἀ. θεούς <span class="bibl">D.S.1.77</span>, Plu.2.291c; τὸ ἱαρὸν <span class="title">IG</span>7.2418 (Thebes, iv B. C.); τὸν Καίσαρα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1612.23</span> (iii A. D.):—Pass., <b class="b3">ἀσεβοῦνται οἱ θεοί</b> <span class="bibl">Lys.2.7</span>; ἠσεβῆσθαι πρός τινος <span class="bibl">D.C.57.9</span>; of households, [[to be affected with the consequences of sin]], ὅταν τις ἀσεβηθῇ τῶν οἴκων <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>877e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Pass. also of the act, ἐμοὶ ἠσέβηται οὐδὲν περί τινος <span class="bibl">And.1.10</span>; τὰ ἠσεβημένα <span class="bibl">Lys.6.6</span>.</span>