ἀσέβεια

See also: ασέβεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓σεβής (ăsebḗs, “impious”) +‎ -ια (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.sé.beː.a/ → /aˈse.βi.a/ → /aˈse.vi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sé.beː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈse.bi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈse.βi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈse.vi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈse.vi.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓σέβειᾰ • (ăsébeiă) f (genitive ᾰ̓σεβείᾱς); first declension

1. impiety, ungodliness
2. (Late Antiquity) heresy
   • Philostorgius, Church History §2.2:

     ...διὰ τῆς ἐν ταῖς μελῳδίαις ἡδονῆς ἐκκλέπτων πρὸς τὴν οἰκείαν ἀσέβειαν τοὺς ἀμαθεστέρους τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

     ...dià tês en taîs melōidíais hēdonês ekkléptōn pròs tḕn oikeían asébeian toùs amathestérous tôn anthrṓpōn.

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓σέβειᾰ; τῆς ᾰ̓σεβείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓σέβειᾰ hē ăsébeiă	τὼ ᾰ̓σεβείᾱ tṑ ăsebeíā	αἱ ᾰ̓σέβειαι hai ăsébeiai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓σεβείᾱς tês ăsebeíās	τοῖν ᾰ̓σεβείαιν toîn ăsebeíain	τῶν ᾰ̓σεβειῶν tôn ăsebeiôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓σεβείᾳ têi ăsebeíāi	τοῖν ᾰ̓σεβείαιν toîn ăsebeíain	ταῖς ᾰ̓σεβείαις taîs ăsebeíais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓σέβειᾰν tḕn ăsébeiăn	τὼ ᾰ̓σεβείᾱ tṑ ăsebeíā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓σεβείᾱς tā̀s ăsebeíās
Vocative	ᾰ̓σέβειᾰ ăsébeiă	ᾰ̓σεβείᾱ ăsebeíā	ᾰ̓σέβειαι ăsébeiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• εὐσέβειᾰ (eusébeiă)

Descendants

• Greek: ασέβεια (aséveia)

Further reading

• “ἀσέβεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσέβεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἀσέβεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀσέβεια 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • blasphemy idem, page 82.
  • godlessness idem, page 365.
  • immorality idem, page 418.
  • impiety idem, page 421.
  • irreligion idem, page 459.
  • irreverence idem, page 460.
  • profanity idem, page 653.
  • sacrilege idem, page 729.
  • sin idem, page 777.
  • sinfulness idem, page 777.
  • transgression idem, page 888.
  • unbelief idem, page 908.
  • ungodliness idem, page 919.
  • unholiness idem, page 921.
  • unrighteousness idem, page 930.
  • wickedness idem, page 978.
  • worldliness idem, page 989.