ἀσεβής

asebes

ungodly, unholy, profane, sacrilegious

Appears 3 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

1377a24
Book III 2
Chapter 7 1408a10–1408b20

1408a17

Chapter 15 1416a4–1416b15

1416a30

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀσεβής, ές, (σέβω) A. ungodly, unholy, profane, sacrilegious, opp. εὐσεβής, Pi. Fr. 132.1, A. Supp. 9 (anap.); τὸν ἀσεβῆ, of Oedipus, S. OT 1382,1441; σκοπῶν τί ἀ. X. Mem. 1.1.16: c. gen., θεῶν ἀσεβής against them, Paus. 4.8.1; ἀσεβέστεροι περὶ θεούς X. Cyr. 8.8.27; πρὸς ἀλλοτρίους J. BJ 5.10.5. Adv. -βῶς, Sup. -έστατα D.C. 79.9.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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