ἀσέβεια

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ᾰ̓σεβής (asebḗs, impious) +‎ -ια (-ia).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

ᾰ̓σέβειᾰ (asébeiaf (genitive ᾰ̓σεβείᾱς); first declension

  1. impiety, ungodliness[1]
  2. (Late Antiquity) heresy[2]
    • Philostorgius, Church History §2.2:
      ...διὰ τῆς ἐν ταῖς μελῳδίαις ἡδονῆς ἐκκλέπτων πρὸς τὴν οἰκείαν ἀσέβειαν τοὺς ἀμαθεστέρους τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
      ...dià tês en taîs melōidíais hēdonês ekkléptōn pròs tḕn oikeían asébeian toùs amathestérous tôn anthrṓpōn.

Declension[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

  • Greek: ασέβεια (aséveia)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Liddell and Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, 9th ed. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940), p. 255.
  2. ^ See G. W. H. Lampe, ed., A Patristic Greek Lexicon (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961), p. 242

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