ἀσεβ-έω,
to be impious, act profanely, commit sacrilege, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.159] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀδικέω, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 367; ἀ. ἐς τὸν νηόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.129, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 490, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.93] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ τὰ ἱρά, τοὺς θεούς, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.139, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 22, etc.; πρὸς τὰ θεῖα [prev. author] “Cyn.” 13.16: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἀ. ἀσέβημα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 910e] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀγγελίας καὶ ἐπιτάξεις παρὰ νόμον ἀ.[[ [prev. work] 941a; περὶ οὗ τὴν ἑορτὴν ἀσεβῶν ἕαλωκε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.227. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 with accusative person, sin against, ἢ θεὸν ἢ ξένον τιν᾽ ἀσεβῶν[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 271 (Lyric poetry); ἀ. θεούς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.77, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.291c; τὸ ἱαρὸν “IG” 7.2418 (Thebes, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸν Καίσαρα[[ “POxy.” 1612.23 (3rd c.AD):] Refs 3rd c.AD+] —passive, ἀσεβοῦνται οἱ θεοί [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.7; ἠσεβῆσθαι πρός τινος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of households, to be affected with the consequences of sin, ὅταν τις ἀσεβηθῇ τῶν οἴκων[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 passive also of the act, ἐμοὶ ἠσέβηται οὐδὲν περί τινος[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.10; τὰ ἠσεβημένα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.6.] Refs 5th c.BC+]