ἀσεβ-ής, ές,
(σέβω) ungodly, unholy, profane, sacrilegious, opposed to εὐσεβής, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 132.1, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 9 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ἀσεβῆ, of Oedipus, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1382, 1441; σκοπῶν τί ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.16: with _genitive_, θεῶν ἀσεβής] Refs 5th c.BC+] against them, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 4.8.1; ἀσεβέστεροι περὶ θεούς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.27; πρὸς ἀλλοτρίους 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.10.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]adverb -βῶς, superlative -έστατα[[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 79.9.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]