ἀσεβέω

asebeo

to be impious, act profanely, commit sacrilege

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1377a20
Book II 2
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1399a9
1399b6
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17

1122a6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀσεβέω, A. to be impious, act profanely, commit sacrilege, Hdt. 1.159; opp. ἀδικέω, Ar. Th. 367; ἀ. ἐς τὸν νηόν Hdt. 8.129, cf. E. Ba. 490, Antipho 5.93; περὶ τὰ ἱρά, τοὺς θεούς, Hdt. 2.139, Antipho 4.1.2, cf. X. Ap. 22, etc.; πρὸς τὰ θεῖα Id. Cyn. 13.16: c. acc. cogn., ἀ. ἀσέβημα Pl. Lg. 910e; ἀγγελίας καὶ ἐπιτάξεις παρὰ νόμον ἀ. ib.941a; περὶ οὗ τὴν ἑορτὴν ἀσεβῶν ἕαλωκε D. 21.227. 2. c. acc. pers., sin against, ἢ θεὸν ἢ ξένον τινʼ ἀσεβῶν A. Eu. 271 (lyr.); ἀ. θεούς D.S. 1.77, Plu. 2.291c; τὸ ἱαρὸν IG 7.2418 (Thebes, iv B. C.); τὸν Καίσαρα POxy. 1612.23 (iii A. D.):—Pass., ἀσεβοῦνται οἱ θεοί Lys. 2.7; ἠσεβῆσθαι πρός τινος D.C. 57.9; of households, to be affected with the consequences of sin, ὅταν τις ἀσεβηθῇ τῶν οἴκων Pl. Lg. 877e. 3. Pass. also of the act, ἐμοὶ ἠσέβηται οὐδὲν περί τινος And. 1.10; τὰ ἠσεβημένα Lys. 6.6.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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