Included with: ὅσι-ος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 831d, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.71 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— hallowed, i. e. sanctioned or allowed by the law of God or of nature, δίκη [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 132; θοῖναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 529 (Lyric poetry); λουτρά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1405 (_anapaest meter_); καθαρμοί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 77 (Lyric poetry); μέλος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 898 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; οὐχ ὅ. unhallowed, ὕβρις [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 374 (Lyric poetry); ἔρως [prev. author] “Hipp.” 764 (Lyric poetry); θυσίαι [prev. author] “IT” 465 (_anapaest meter_).] Refs 5th c.BC+] —The sense of ὅσιος often depends on its relation on the one hand to δίκαιος (sanctioned by human law), on the other to ἱερός (sacred to the gods):
__1 opposed to δίκαιος, sanctioned by divine law, hallowed, holy (μόριον τοῦ δικαίου τὸ ὅ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 12d), δικαιότερον καὶ ὁσιώτερον καὶ πρὸς θεῶν καὶ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.25; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους δίκαια καὶ τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ὅ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.10.8: hence, in a common antithesis, τὰ δίκαια καὶ ὅ.] Refs 5th c.BC+] things of human and divine ordinance, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 301d, etc., compare “Euthphr.” 6e; also ὅ. καὶ νόμιμα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 676 (Lyric poetry); οὐ.. νόμιμον οὐδ᾽ ὅ. ἂν εἴη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 861d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεοὺς ὅσιόν τι δρᾶν discharge a duty men owe the gods, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 40, compare “Hipp.” 1081 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ὅσιον, ={εὐσέβεια}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in an imprecatory formula, ἀποδοῦσι μὲν αὐτοῖς ὅσια ᾖ, μὴ ἀποδοῦσι δὲ ἀνόσια [[ “SIG” 1199 (from Cnidus), compare ἀνοσία 11; so ὅ. καὶ ἐλεύθερα [prev. work]1180.6 ([prev. passage]). ] Refs]