ἀσέβ-εια, ἡ,
ungodliness, impiety, opposed to ἀδικία, διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων περὶ μὲν θεοὺς ἀ. περὶ δὲ ἀνθρώπους ἀδικίαν[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.7; ἀ. εἰς τοὺς θεούς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.88, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 615c, etc.; also ἀ. ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ LXX.2Ki.22.22; ἀ. ἀσκεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 476; δίκη ἀσεβείας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.11; ἀσεβείας γράφεσθαί τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5c] LXX+5th c.BC+]: at Rome, disloyalty to the Emperor (as θεός), [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.9 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of Christianity, [[ [prev. author] 68.1: in _plural_, ἀσέβειαι ἀνθρώποις ἐμπίπτουσι νέοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 890a.] Refs 5th c.BC+]