σεβαστός
Οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → Silere non est turpe, sed frustra loqui → nicht Schweigen schändet, sondern Schwätzen auf gut Glück
English (LSJ)
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A venerable, reverend, august, πρᾶγμα D.H.2.75; θεοί, prob. of deified Emperors, IG7.2233 (Thisbe), cf. SIG820.6 (Ephesus, i A.D.). II = Lat. Augustus, Str.3.3.8, 12.8.16, Act.Ap.25.21, Paus.3.11.4, Hdn.2.10.9, etc.; Καίσαρος Σ. θεοῦ Luc. Macr.21, cf. 17; ἐπὶ τοῦ πρώτου Σ. in the time of the first Emperor, Id.Laps.18; κατὰ τὸν Σ. μάλιστα Id.Salt.34, etc.; fem. Σεβαστή, = Augusta, Wilcken Chr.14 ii 7 (i A.D.), etc., cf.Σεβαστιάς; joined with Αὔγουστος, -ούστη, CIG3770 (Nicomedia). 2 name of month, Augustus, in Egyptian calendars,= Thoth, Yale Classical Studies 2.242; in Phrygia and elsewhere, IGRom.4.536, etc. 3 σεβαστή, ἡ (sc. ἡμέρα), the Emperor's day, the day on which his birthday or accession day was celebrated every month, OGI658 (Egypt, i B.C.), POxy.288.32 (i A.D.), PMich.Teb.123r iv 30 (i A.D.), etc. 4 Σεβαστά, τά,= Σεβαστεῖα 11, CIG2810b.13 (p.1112) (Aphrodisias), cf. IG 3.129, 14.748, SIG1065.5 (Cos, i A.D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 867] verehrt, zu verehren, chrwürdig, πρᾶγμα, D. Hal. 2, 75; dah. auch heilig, göttlich, das lat. augustus, u. wie dieses von den römischen Kaisern gebraucht, Hdn. 2, 8, oft.
