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δυσσεβής

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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c
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Transliteration A: dyssebḗs Transliteration B: dyssebēs Transliteration C: dyssevis Beta Code: dussebh/s

English (LSJ)

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   A ungodly, impious, profane, of persons, A.Th.598 (Comp. or Sup.), and their acts, δ. χάρις S.Ant.514; τὰ τῶν κακίστων δυσσεβέστατα Id.OC1190; δ. μέλαθρα E.IT694. Adv. -βῶς Id.Fr.825.—This family of words is chiefly found in Trag. (δυσσεβής occurs in Men.540, Diph.105, and later Prose as Jul.Or.5.174b (Sup.)); εὐσεβής, etc., are freq. also in Prose.

German (Pape)

[Seite 688] ές, gottlos, von Menschen und Sachen; ἔργον Aesch. Ag. 756; öfter bei Tragg.; auch sp. D., wie Lyc. 1151; in Prosa, Longin. 4, 3; Geop. u. K. S., bes. adv. δυσσεβῶς.