Σεβάσμιος
Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
English (LSJ)
ον, Vett.Val.242.26, also ος, α, ον ib.14, Hdn.7.5.3: (σέβας):—
A reverend, venerable, august, Plu.2.764b, Luc.Am.19, etc.; τὸ σ. Orph.H.27.10; τὸ πρὸς θεοὺς σ. reverence for... Hdn.2.10.2. Adv. -ίως Ptol.Ascal. p.395 H. II as epith. of the Roman Emperor, = Σεβαστός, Augustus, SIG834.6 (Sup., ii A.D.), Hdn.2.3.3 (v.l. σεβαστόν) οἱ -ώτατοι Καίσαρες CPR37.15 (iii A.D.); σ. ὅρκος, oath taken by the genius of the Emperor, PSI1.40.19 (ii A.D.), etc. 2 Σεβάσμια, τά, games in honour of the Emperor, IG3.129 (iii A.D., in form Σεβάσμεια, but perh. rather Σεβασμεῖα, contr. from Σεβασμιεῖα); also on coins, Head Hist.Num.2717,784.
