ἀσέβεια

See also: ασέβεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓σέβειᾰ (asébeia) f (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.

Declension

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Greek: ασέβεια (aséveia)

References

  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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