STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: σέβομαι

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be devout

σέβομαι,

mostly used in present: imperfect in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future σεβήσομαι [[ “POxy.” 1381.202 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐσέφθην [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 164, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254b, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Plotini” 12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—feel awe or fear before God,feel shame, οὔ νυ σέβεσθ; [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.242, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 293; τιμῶν καὶ σεβόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729c ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σεφθεῖσα awe-stricken, [[[prev. author] “Phdr.” ] Refs] [same place]: rarely with infinitive, dread or fear to do a thing, σ. προσιδέσθαι.., ἀντία φάσθαι [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 694 (Lyric poetry); μιαίνειν τὸ θεῖον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69d; σέβεται καὶ φοβεῖται.. τό τι κινεῖν τῶν καθεστώτων [prev. author] “Lg.” 798b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so with accusative of things, to fear to do it, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, σ. προσορῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], with accusative person, revere, worship, Κρονίδαν [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.25; θεούς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 921, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντων ἀνάκτων κοινοβωμίαν[[ [prev. work] 223; Λατώ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 123 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λυκοῦργον σέβεσθαι worship him as a hero, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, compare 7.197; προσορῶν ὡς θεὸν σ. τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; do homage to Zeus, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 937 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, pay honour or respect to.. , θνατοὺς ἄγαν σ. [[[prev. work] 543 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; τὸ φίλον [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 187 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ph.” 1163 (Lyric poetry), etc.; σ. τινὰ τύχης μάκαρος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 648. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

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__II active σέβω is post-[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], used only in present and imperfect, worship, honour, mostly of the gods, σ. Δήμητρος πανήγυριν [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 120; πατρὸς Ὀλυμπίοιοτιμάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.12; θεούς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 596; Νύμφας [prev. author] “Eu.” 22; Ἅιδην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 777 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; τἀν Ἅιδου[[ [prev. work] 780; θεῶν θέσμια [prev. author] “Aj.” 713 (Lyric poetry), etc.] Refs]; rare in Prose, νομίζεται θεοὺς σέβειν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 600 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also of parents, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1377, compare “Ant.” 511 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of kings, [[ [prev. author] “Aj.” 667, etc. ] Refs]; of suppliants, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 151 (Lyric poetry); λέγω κατ᾽ ἄνδρα, μὴ θεόν, σέβειν ἐμέ [prev. author] “Ag.” 925; αἰχμὴν.. μᾶλλον θεοῦ σ. [prev. author] “Th.” 530; σ. ὀνείρων φάσματα [prev. author] “Ag.” 274; τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 744 (εὖ σέβουσι is uncertain conjecture for εὐσεβοῦσι in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 338, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1320, “Tr.” 85)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σέβειν ἐν τιμῇ with accusative, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 166, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 647a: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ὑβρίζειν ἐν κακοῖσιν οὐ σέβω, i.e. τὸ ὑβρίζειν, I do not respect, approve it, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1612; τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν σέβοντες [prev. author] “Eu.” 749 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: rarely of a god, Ποσειδῶν.. τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρὰς σέβων [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 896:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —σέβομαι as passive, to be reverenced, ἡ δ᾽ οἴκοι [πόλις] πλέον δίκῃ σέβοιτ᾽ ἄν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 760 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σεβόμενον reverence, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1101d. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]