ἀσέβεια

asebeia

ungodliness, impiety

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2
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Chapter 7 1251a19–1251b25

1251a30
1251a31
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 162 846b3–6

846b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀσέβεια, ἡ, A. ungodliness, impiety, opp. ἀδικία, διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων περὶ μὲν θεοὺς ἀ. περὶ δὲ ἀνθρώπους ἀδικίαν X. Cyr. 8.8.7; ἀ. εἰς τοὺς θεούς Antipho 5.88, cf. Pl. R. 615c, etc.; also ἀ. ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ LXX 2 Ki. 22.22; ἀ. ἀσκεῖν E. Ba. 476; δίκη ἀσεβείας πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Lys. 6.11; ἀσεβείας γράφεσθαί τινα Pl. Euthphr. 5c: at Rome, disloyalty to the Emperor (as θεός), D.C. 57.9; of Christianity, Id. 68.1: in pl., ἀσέβειαι ἀνθρώποις ἐμπίπτουσι νέοις Pl. Lg. 890a.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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