σεβαστός,ή,όν,
A. venerable, reverend, august, πρᾶγμα
D.H. 2.75
;θεοί, prob. of deified Emperors, IG 7.2233 (Thisbe), cf. SIG 820.6 (Ephesus,i A.D.).
II. =Lat.Augustus, Str. 3.3.8 , 12.8.16 , Act.Ap. 25.21 , Paus. 3.11.4 , Hdn. 2.10.9 , etc.; Καίσαρος Σ. θεοῦ
Luc. Macr. 21
, cf. 17 ;ἐπὶ τοῦ πρώτου Σ. in the time of the firstEmperor, Id. Laps. 18 ; κατὰ τὸν Σ. μάλιστα
Id. Salt. 34
, etc.; fem.Σεβαστή,= Augusta, Wilcken Chr. 14 ii 7
(i A.D.), etc., cf.Σεβαστιάς; joined withΑὔγουστος, -ούστη, CIG 3770 (Nicomedia).
2. name of month, Augustus, in Egyptian calendars,= Thoth,Yale Classical Studies
2.242 ; in Phrygia and elsewhere, IGRom. 4.536 , etc.
3. σεβαστή, ἡ(sc.ἡμέρα), theEmperor's day, the day on which his birthday or accession day was celebrated every month, OGI 658 (Egypt,i B.C.), POxy. 288.32