εὐσέβεια, ἡ
(compare εὐσεβία), reverence towards the gods or parents, piety or filial respect, εὐ. εἰς θεοὺς καὶ γονέας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 615c, etc.; μιαίνων εὐσέβειαν Ἄρης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 344 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. Ζηνός towards him, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1097 (Lyric poetry); πρὸς εὐσέβειαν, ={εὐσεβῶς}, [prev. work] 464 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. πρός, περὶ τοὺς θεούς, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193d, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.124, compare 10.58; πρὸς ἀδελφόν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πρὸς τὸ θεῖον εὐ. [[ “Inscription Prien.” 117.63 (1st c.BC), etc.] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὴν εὐ. τῶν πραχθέντων [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, acts of piety, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1423b28. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 loyalty, ἡ ὑμετέρα πρός με εὐ. [[ “PLond.” 3.1178.14 (from Claudius)] Refs]; ἡ εἴς με εὔνοια καὶ εὐ. [[ “SIG” 814.2 (from Nero). ] Refs]
__3 = Latin [[ “Pietas”, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 2.104, Mitteis “Chr.” 71.12 (V 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus), 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 159, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 credit or character for piety, εὐσέβειαν οἴσῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 968. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]