εὐλαβ-ής, ές,
(λαβεῖν) taking hold well, holding fast, clinging, metaphorically, πενία [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 29 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: literal in adverb εὐλαβῶς, κατέχειν [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 3.13, 6.55 (_superlative_): but mostly, ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, undertaking prudently, discreet, cautious, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 91, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 311a, +others; τὸ εὐλαβές, ={εὐλάβεια}, [prev. work]b; εὐλαβὴς περί τι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πρὸς τὰ μεγάλα τῶν τετολμημένων εὐ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.8.2 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εὐ. ἀπό τινος keeping from.., [[ LXX.Lev.15.31 ] LXX]. adverb - βῶς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 246b; εὐ. διακείμενος 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.12, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -εστέρως [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1375; - έστερον διακεῖσθαι πρός τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.18.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 reverent, pious, [[ LXX.Mic.7.2 (variant{εὐσεβής}), NT.Luke.2.25, NT.Act.2.5, etc.] LXX+NT]: superlative -έστατος, as title, [[ Dionysius Epigrammaticus “Ep.” 71, 5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 126. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__III passive, easy to get hold of, κέρκος [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 7. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.2 cautiously undertaken or effected, μετάβασις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736d; ἡδοναί 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 15 ἀβλ-Reiske). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]