ὅσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Often explained as a derivative in -ιο- from a participal form *s-o-to-, beside alleged *seto- in ἐτάζω (etázō, “to examine, test”), although this account presents difficulties. A connection with Sanskrit सत्य (satya, “true”) requires loss of the initial laryngeal. The derivation from Proto-Indo-European *soto- (from a different root *set-, seen in ἐτάζω (etázō) and ἐτεός (eteós)) is defended by Pinault.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ὅσιος • (hósios) m (feminine ὁσίᾱ, neuter ὅσιον); first/second declension

1. pious, hallowed, sanctioned by the gods, (as opposed to δίκαιος "sanctioned by human law")
2. of things which are allowed by divine law but not sacred: profane (as opposed to ἱερός "sacred to the gods")
3. (of persons) pious, devout, sinless

   Synonyms: εὐσεβής (eusebḗs), θρῆσκος (thrêskos)

4. sinless, pure

Inflection

Noun

ὅσιος • (hósios) m (genitive ὁσίου); second declension

1. (religion) title of five special priests at Delphi
2. Biblical: plural οἱ ὅσιοι (hoi hósioi, “the saints”) (LXX Psalm 29.4)

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “ὅσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὅσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὅσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3741 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clean idem, page 136.
  • clear idem, page 136.
  • conscientious idem, page 161.
  • 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.
  • lawful idem, page 480.
  • moral idem, page 540.
  • permissible idem, page 607.
  • pious idem, page 614.
  • profane idem, page 653.
  • pure idem, page 658.
  • religious idem, page 691.
  • reverent idem, page 710.
  • righteous idem, page 715.
  • sacred idem, page 728.
  • secular idem, page 747.
  • sinless idem, page 779.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN