εὐσεβ-ής, ές
(dative plural - σεβέοις [[ “IG” 5(1).1390.5 (from Andania))] Refs], (σέβω) pious, religious, opposed to δυσσεβής (which see), [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1141, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.141, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.41; τρόπος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 457 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 6th c.BC+]: not common in early Prose, [[ 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 6D., 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 39e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dutiful, especially discharging sacred duties, πρός or ἔς τινα, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 340, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 253 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὴρ εὐ. (variant{εὐλαβής}) κατὰ τὸν νόμον [[ NT.Act.22.12; εὐ. καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν [prev. work] 10.2: with _accusative_ modi, -εστέρα χεῖρα] NT] more righteous in act, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 141; εὐσεβεῖς κἀξ εὐσεβῶν βλαστόντας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 589 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ τῶν εὐσεβῶν χῶρος, of a place in the nether world, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 371c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν εὐσεβέων (i.e. χώρῳ) [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 12, compare “Sammelb.” 2048 (ii b.c.). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__b Astrology texts, αἱ τῶν εὐσεβῶν μοῖραι [[ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).227. ] Refs]
__2 as epithet of Emperors, = Pius, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 3.91 (3rd c.AD), +others, “PGrenf.” 1.49.28 (3rd c.AD), “PHamb.” 1.13.2 (3rd c.AD), etc.] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially of Antoninus Pius, [[ “IGRom.” 3.1293, +others ] Refs]
__2.b of taxes, etc., due to the Emperor, [[ “BGU” 917.15 (4th c.AD), etc. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]