hallowed,
ὅσι-ος,α,ον, alsoος,ον
Pl. Lg. 831d , D.H. 5.71 :—
A. hallowed,i. e.sanctionedorallowed by the law of Godorof nature,
δίκη
Thgn. 132
; θοῖναι
A. Pr. 529
(lyr.) ; λουτρά
S. Aj. 1405
(anap.); καθαρμοί
E. Ba. 77
(lyr.); μέλος
Ar. Av. 898
;οὐχ ὅ. unhallowed,
ὕβρις
E. Ba. 374
(lyr.) ; ἔρως
Id. Hipp. 764
(lyr.); θυσίαι
Id. IT 465
(anap.).—The sense ofὅσιοςoften depends on its relation on the one hand toδίκαιος(sanctioned byhumanlaw), on the other toἱερός(sacredto the gods):
1. opp.δίκαιος, sanctioned by divine law, hallowed, holy( μόριον τοῦ δικαίου τὸ ὅ.
Pl. Euthphr. 12d
), δικαιότερον καὶ ὁσιώτερον καὶ πρὸς θεῶν καὶ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων
Antipho 1.25
; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους δίκαια καὶ τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ὅ.
Plb. 22.10.8
: hence, in a common antithesis,τὰ δίκαια καὶ ὅ. things ofhuman anddivine ordinance,
Pl. Plt. 301d , etc., cf. Euthphr. 6e ; also ὅ. καὶ νόμιμα
Ar. Th. 676
(lyr.); οὐ . . νόμιμον οὐδ' ὅ. ἂν εἴη
Pl. Lg. 861d
;θεοὺς ὅσιόν τι δρᾶνdischargea duty men owe the gods,
E. Supp. 40 , cf. Hipp. 1081 ;τὸ ὅσιον,
= εὐσέβεια , Pl. Euthphr. 5d : in an imprecatory formula, ἀποδοῦσι μὲν αὐτοῖς ὅσια ᾖ, μὴ ἀποδοῦσι δὲ ἀνόσια
SIG 1199
(Cnidus), cf. ἀνοσία
11
; soὅ. καὶ ἐλεύθεραib. 1180.6 (ibid.).
2. opp.ἱερός, permittedornot forbidden by divine law, profane, ἱερὰ καὶ ὅ.things sacred andprofane,
ἐς ὀλιγωρίαν ἐτράποντο καὶ ἱερῶν καὶ ὁ. ὁμοίως
Th. 2.52
, cf. Pl. R. 344a , Lg. 857b , etc. ;κοσμεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖς καὶ τοῖς ὁ.with sacred andprofanebuildings, Isoc. 7.66 ; τῶν ἱερῶν μὲν χρημάτων τοὺς θεούς, τῶν ὁ. δὲ τὴν πόλιν ἀποστερεῖ
D. 24.9
; ἀργυρίου ὁσίου
IG 12.186.13
; ὁ ταμίας τῶν ὁ. προσόδων
OGI 229.58
(Smyrna,iii B. C.); ὁ ταμίας τῶν ὁ.
Supp.Epigr. 1.366.58
(Samos,iii B. C.);ὅ. χωρίονalawfulplace (for giving birth to a child), Ar. Lys. 743 ;ὅσιόν ἐστιfolld. byinf.,it is lawful, not forbidden by any law,
E. IT 1045 , etc.; οὐκ ὅσιόν ἐστι nefas est,
Hdt. 6.81
;οὐκ ὅσιον ποιεῦμαιI deem itimpious,
Id. 2.170 , cf. D. Ep. 5.3 ;οὐδὲ ὅσια(sc.ἐστι) . . μιαίνειν
Pl. R. 416e
; οὐ γάρ σοι θέμις οὐδ' ὅσιον . . ἱστάναι κτερίσματα
S. El. 432
; ὅσια ποιέειν
Hdt. 6.86
.α'; λέγειν
Id. 9.79
; φωνεῖν
S. Ph. 662
; φρονεῖν
E. El. 1203
(lyr.).
II. of persons,pious, devout, religious,
ἄνδρες
A. Supp. 27
(anap.), cf. E. Med. 850 (lyr.), etc.; Παλλάδος ὁ. πόλις
Id. El. 1320
(anap.);ὅ. θιασῶται, μύσται,
Ar. Ra. 327 , 336 (both lyr.); ἐμαυτὸν ὅ. καὶ δίκαιον παρέχειν
Antipho 2.2.2
; ὅσιοι πρὸς οὐ δικαίους ἱστάμεθα
Th. 5.104
; opp.ἀνόσιος,
E. Or. 547 ; opp.ἐπίορκος,
X. An. 2.6.25 ;ὅσιος εἴς τινα, περὶ ξένους,
E. Heracl. 719 , Cyc. 125 ; πρὸς τοὺς τοκέας
Gorg. 6
.
2.
sinless, pure,
ἐξ ὁ. στομάτων
Emp. 4.2
;ὅ. ἔστω καὶ εὐαγήςLex Solonis ap. And. 1.96 : c. gen.,ἱερῶν πατρῴων ὅσιοςin regard to the sacred rites of his forefathers, A. Th. 1015 ; ὅσιος ἀπ' εὐνᾶς
E. Ion 150
(lyr.); alsoὅσιαι χέρες pure, cleanhands, A. Ch. 378 (anap.), cf. S. OC 470 .
3. rarely of the gods,holy,
Orph. H. 77.2 ; θεοῖς ὁ. καὶ δικαίοις
CIG 3830
(Cotyaeum), cf. 3594 (Alexandria Troas).
4. title of five special priests at Delphi, Plu. 2.292d , 365a .
5. οἱ ὅσιοι'thesaints',
LXX Ps. 29(30).4 , al.
III. Adv.
ὁσίως
Antipho 2.4.12
, etc.; ὁ. οὔχ, ὑπ' ἀνάγκας δέ
E. Supp. 63
(lyr.); οὐχ ὁ.
Id. Hipp. 1287
(anap.), cf. Th. 2.5 (v. l.); καλῶς καὶ ὁ.
Pl. Phd. 113d
; δικαίως καὶ ὁ.
Id. R. 331a
; ὁ. καὶ κατὰ νόμον
Id. Lg. 799b
;ὁ. ἂν ὑμῖν ἔχοι τοῦτον θύειν . .it would berightfor you that he should . . , X. Cyr. 8.5.26 : c.part.,ὁ. ἂν ἔχοι αὐτῷ μὴ δεχομένῳ. . Id. HG 4.7.2 : Comp.
-ώτερον
E. IT 1194
, etc.: Sup. , ὡς -ώτατα διαβιῶναι τὸν βίον
Pl. Men. 81b
, etc. (Not in Hom. , who has onlySubst. ὁσίη,
v. ὁσία. )
