εὐσεβής

See also: Εὐσεβής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) +‎ σέβομαι (sébomai, “to have awe”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.se.bɛ̌ːs/ → /eɸ.seˈβis/ → /ef.seˈvis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.se.bɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.seˈbe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.seˈβis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.seˈvis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.seˈvis/

Adjective

εὐσεβής • (eusebḗs) m or f (neuter εὐσεβές); third declension

1. pious, righteous, reverent to the gods
   • :

     Ἡ εὐσεβὴς ἔλαφος, ἡ βαυκὴ αἴλουρος καὶ ἡ γενναία ἀλώπηξ

     Hē eusebḕs élaphos, hē baukḕ aílouros kaì hē gennaía alṓpēx

     The Pious Doe, the Prude She-cat and the Generous Fox

   Synonyms: θρῆσκος (thrêskos), ὅσιος (hósios)

   1. reverent to the Emperor [AD 4th C.]
2. holy

Declension

Third declension of εὐσεβής; εὐσεβές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὐσεβής eusebḗs	εὐσεβές eusebés		εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî		εὐσεβεῖς eusebeîs	εὐσεβῆ eusebê
Genitive		εὐσεβοῦς euseboûs	εὐσεβοῦς euseboûs		εὐσεβοῖν euseboîn	εὐσεβοῖν euseboîn		εὐσεβῶν eusebôn	εὐσεβῶν eusebôn
Dative		εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî		εὐσεβοῖν euseboîn	εὐσεβοῖν euseboîn		εὐσεβέσῐ / εὐσεβέσῐν eusebési(n)	εὐσεβέσῐ / εὐσεβέσῐν eusebési(n)
Accusative		εὐσεβῆ eusebê	εὐσεβές eusebés		εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî		εὐσεβεῖς eusebeîs	εὐσεβῆ eusebê
Vocative		εὐσεβές eusebés	εὐσεβές eusebés		εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî		εὐσεβεῖς eusebeîs	εὐσεβῆ eusebê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐσεβῶς eusebôs			εὐσεβέστερος eusebésteros			εὐσεβέστᾰτος eusebéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of εὐσεβής; εὐσεβές (uncontracted, Ionic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὐσεβής eusebḗs	εὐσεβές eusebés		εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée		εὐσεβεῖς / εὐσεβέες eusebeîs / eusebées	εὐσεβέᾰ eusebéa
Genitive		εὐσεβέος / εὐσεβεῦς eusebéos / eusebeûs	εὐσεβέος / εὐσεβεῦς eusebéos / eusebeûs		εὐσεβέοιν eusebéoin	εὐσεβέοιν eusebéoin		εὐσεβέων eusebéōn	εὐσεβέων eusebéōn
Dative		εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέῐ̈ eusebeî / eusebéï	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέῐ̈ eusebeî / eusebéï		εὐσεβέοιν eusebéoin	εὐσεβέοιν eusebéoin		εὐσεβέσῐ / εὐσεβέσῐν eusebési(n)	εὐσεβέσῐ / εὐσεβέσῐν eusebési(n)
Accusative		εὐσεβέᾰ eusebéa	εὐσεβές eusebés		εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée		εὐσεβέᾰς eusebéas	εὐσεβέᾰ eusebéa
Vocative		εὐσεβές eusebés	εὐσεβές eusebés		εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée		εὐσεβεῖς / εὐσεβέες eusebeîs / eusebées	εὐσεβέᾰ eusebéa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐσεβέως eusebéōs			εὐσεβέστερος eusebésteros			εὐσεβέστᾰτος eusebéstatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Antonyms

• δυσσεβής (dussebḗs)
• ᾰ̓σεβής (asebḗs)

Derived terms

• εὐσέβεια (eusébeia)
• Εὐσέβειος (Eusébeios)
  • Εὐσέβεια (Eusébeia)
    • Εὐσεβείωνες (Eusebeíōnes)
• εὐσεβέω (eusebéō)
• εὐσέβημα (eusébēma)
• εὐσεβία (eusebía)
• Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios)

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲉⲩⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ (eusebēs)
• Greek: ευσεβής (efsevís)
• → Latin: eusebēs
• → Old Armenian: բարեպաշտ (barepašt) (calque)

References

• “εὐσεβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐσεβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐσεβής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “εὐσεβής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2152 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• εὐσεβής in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • conscientious idem, page 161.
  • devotional idem, page 221.
  • devout idem, page 221.
  • dutiful idem, page 257.
  • god-fearing idem, page 365.
  • godly idem, page 365.
  • good idem, page 366.
  • holy idem, page 403.
  • just idem, page 466.
  • moral idem, page 540.
  • pious idem, page 614.
  • religious idem, page 691.
  • reverent idem, page 710.
  • righteous idem, page 715.
  • saintly idem, page 732.
  • scrupulous idem, page 743.
  • unworldly idem, page 937.