θεοσεβής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós) +‎ σέβομαι (sébomai) +‎ -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.se.bɛ̌ːs/ → /θe.o.seˈβis/ → /θe.o.seˈvis/

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

Adjective

θεοσεβής • (theosebḗs) m or f (neuter θεοσεβές); third declension

1. God-fearing
   • 1858 [p. 1452], “λϛʹ. Προσρήσεών τε καὶ ὕμνων χρήσεως διάταξις. [CHAPTER 36. Instruction for the use of addresses and hymns]”, in Augustin Pellissier, transl., edited by Charles Alexandre, Traité des lois [BOOK OF LAWS]‎^[1], Paris: Firmin Didot frères, translation of ΝΟΜΩΝ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΗ by Plethon, →OCLC; republished as John Opsopaus, PhD, transl., 2021:

     Ἀκούετε, οἱ θεοσεβεῖς·

     Akoúete, hoi theosebeîs;

     Hear ye, worshipers of the gods...

Declension

Third declension of θεοσεβής; θεοσεβές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θεοσεβής theosebḗs	θεοσεβές theosebés		θεοσεβεῖ theosebeî	θεοσεβεῖ theosebeî		θεοσεβεῖς theosebeîs	θεοσεβῆ theosebê
Genitive		θεοσεβοῦς theoseboûs	θεοσεβοῦς theoseboûs		θεοσεβοῖν theoseboîn	θεοσεβοῖν theoseboîn		θεοσεβῶν theosebôn	θεοσεβῶν theosebôn
Dative		θεοσεβεῖ theosebeî	θεοσεβεῖ theosebeî		θεοσεβοῖν theoseboîn	θεοσεβοῖν theoseboîn		θεοσεβέσῐ / θεοσεβέσῐν theosebési(n)	θεοσεβέσῐ / θεοσεβέσῐν theosebési(n)
Accusative		θεοσεβῆ theosebê	θεοσεβές theosebés		θεοσεβεῖ theosebeî	θεοσεβεῖ theosebeî		θεοσεβεῖς theosebeîs	θεοσεβῆ theosebê
Vocative		θεοσεβές theosebés	θεοσεβές theosebés		θεοσεβεῖ theosebeî	θεοσεβεῖ theosebeî		θεοσεβεῖς theosebeîs	θεοσεβῆ theosebê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θεοσεβῶς theosebôs			θεοσεβέστερος theosebésteros			θεοσεβέστᾰτος theosebéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θεοσεβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θεοσεβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θεοσεβής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • devotional idem, page 221.
  • devout idem, page 221.
  • god-fearing idem, page 365.
  • godly idem, page 365.
  • good idem, page 366.
  • holy idem, page 403.
  • pious idem, page 614.
  • religious idem, page 691.
  • reverent idem, page 710.
  • saintly idem, page 732.
• “θεοσεβής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεοσεβής (theosebḗs); θεο- (theo-, “god”) +‎ σέβας (sévas, “respect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θe.o.seˈvis/

Adjective

θεοσεβής • (theosevís) m (feminine θεοσεβής, neuter θεοσεβές)

1. devout, pious, religious

Declension

Declension of θεοσεβής

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	θεοσεβής (theosevís)	θεοσεβής (theosevís)	θεοσεβές (theosevés)		θεοσεβείς (theoseveís)	θεοσεβείς (theoseveís)	θεοσεβή (theoseví)
genitive	θεοσεβούς (theosevoús) θεοσεβή (theoseví)	θεοσεβούς (theosevoús)	θεοσεβούς (theosevoús)		θεοσεβών (theosevón)	θεοσεβών (theosevón)	θεοσεβών (theosevón)
accusative	θεοσεβή (theoseví)	θεοσεβή (theoseví)	θεοσεβές (theosevés)		θεοσεβείς (theoseveís)	θεοσεβείς (theoseveís)	θεοσεβή (theoseví)
vocative	θεοσεβή (theoseví) θεοσεβής (theosevís)	θεοσεβής (theosevís)	θεοσεβές (theosevés)		θεοσεβείς (theoseveís)	θεοσεβείς (theoseveís)	θεοσεβή (theoseví)

Synonyms

• θεοσεβούμενος (theosevoúmenos)

Derived terms

• θεοσέβεια (theoséveia)

Further reading

• θεοσεβής, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language