εὐσεβής

See also: Εὐσεβής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) +‎ σέβομαι (sébomai, “to have awe”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.se.bɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.seˈbe̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.seˈβis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.seˈvis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.seˈvis/

Adjective

εὐσεβής • (eusebḗs) m or f (neuter εὐσεβές); third declension

pious, righteous, reverent to the gods
- :
  Ἡ εὐσεβὴς ἔλαφος, ἡ βαυκὴ αἴλουρος καὶ ἡ γενναία ἀλώπηξ
  Hē eusebḕs élaphos, hē baukḕ aílouros kaì hē gennaía alṓpēx
  The Pious Doe, the Prude She-cat and the Generous Fox
Synonyms: θρῆσκος (thrêskos), ὅσιος (hósios)
1. reverent to the Emperor
holy

Declension

Third declension of εὐσεβής; εὐσεβές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	εὐσεβής eusebḗs	εὐσεβές eusebés	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖς eusebeîs	εὐσεβῆ eusebê
Genitive	εὐσεβοῦς euseboûs	εὐσεβοῦς euseboûs	εὐσεβοῖν euseboîn	εὐσεβοῖν euseboîn	εὐσεβῶν eusebôn	εὐσεβῶν eusebôn
Dative	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβοῖν euseboîn	εὐσεβοῖν euseboîn	εὐσεβέσῐ / εὐσεβέσῐν eusebési(n)	εὐσεβέσῐ / εὐσεβέσῐν eusebési(n)
Accusative	εὐσεβῆ eusebê	εὐσεβές eusebés	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖς eusebeîs	εὐσεβῆ eusebê
Vocative	εὐσεβές eusebés	εὐσεβές eusebés	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖ eusebeî	εὐσεβεῖς eusebeîs	εὐσεβῆ eusebê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	εὐσεβῶς eusebôs		εὐσεβέστερος eusebésteros		εὐσεβέστᾰτος eusebéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of εὐσεβής; εὐσεβές (uncontracted, Ionic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	εὐσεβής eusebḗs	εὐσεβές eusebés	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée	εὐσεβεῖς / εὐσεβέες eusebeîs / eusebées	εὐσεβέᾰ eusebéa
Genitive	εὐσεβέος / εὐσεβεῦς eusebéos / eusebeûs	εὐσεβέος / εὐσεβεῦς eusebéos / eusebeûs	εὐσεβέοιν eusebéoin	εὐσεβέοιν eusebéoin	εὐσεβέων eusebéōn	εὐσεβέων eusebéōn
Dative	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέῐ̈ eusebeî / eusebéï	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέῐ̈ eusebeî / eusebéï	εὐσεβέοιν eusebéoin	εὐσεβέοιν eusebéoin	εὐσεβέσῐ / εὐσεβέσῐν eusebési(n)	εὐσεβέσῐ / εὐσεβέσῐν eusebési(n)
Accusative	εὐσεβέᾰ eusebéa	εὐσεβές eusebés	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée	εὐσεβέᾰς eusebéas	εὐσεβέᾰ eusebéa
Vocative	εὐσεβές eusebés	εὐσεβές eusebés	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée	εὐσεβεῖ / εὐσεβέε eusebeî / eusebée	εὐσεβεῖς / εὐσεβέες eusebeîs / eusebées	εὐσεβέᾰ eusebéa
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	εὐσεβέως eusebéōs		εὐσεβέστερος eusebésteros		εὐσεβέστᾰτος eusebéstatos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Antonyms

δυσσεβής (dussebḗs)
ᾰ̓σεβής (asebḗs)

Derived terms

εὐσέβεια (eusébeia)
Εὐσέβειος (Eusébeios)
- Εὐσέβεια (Eusébeia)
  - Εὐσεβείωνες (Eusebeíōnes)
εὐσεβέω (eusebéō)
εὐσέβημα (eusébēma)
εὐσεβία (eusebía)
Εὐσέβιος (Eusébios)

Descendants

→ Coptic: ⲉⲩⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ (eusebēs)
Greek: ευσεβής (efsevís)
→ Latin: eusebēs
→ Old Armenian: բարեպաշտ (barepašt) (calque)

References

“εὐσεβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“εὐσεβής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
εὐσεβής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“εὐσεβής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G2152 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
εὐσεβής in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- conscientious idem, page 161.
- devotional idem, page 221.
- devout idem, page 221.
- dutiful idem, page 257.
- god-fearing idem, page 365.
- godly idem, page 365.
- good idem, page 366.
- holy idem, page 403.
- just idem, page 466.
- moral idem, page 540.
- pious idem, page 614.
- religious idem, page 691.
- reverent idem, page 710.
- righteous idem, page 715.
- saintly idem, page 732.
- scrupulous idem, page 743.
- unworldly idem, page 937.