σέβας

sebas

reverential awe

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

σέβας, τό, only nom., acc., and voc. sg.; pl. σέβη A. Supp. 755, as if from σέβος, τό: (σέβομαι):—A. reverential awe, which prevents one from doing something disgraceful (cf. σέβομαι) , σ. δέ σε θυμὸν ἱκέσθω Πάτροκλον Τρῳῇσι κυσὶν μέλπηθρα γενέσθαι Il. 18.178; αἰδώς τε σ. τε h.Cer. 190; also awe with a notion of wonder, σ. μʼ ἔχει εἰσορόωντα Od. 3.123, 4.75, cf. 142, etc.: generally, reverence, worship, honour, σ. ἀφίσταται A. Ch. 54 (lyr.); σ. τὸ πρὸς θεῶν Id. Supp. 396 (lyr.): c. gen. objecti, Διὸς σέβας reverence for him, Id. Ch. 645 (lyr.): c. gen. subjecti, πάγος ἄρειος, ἐν δὲ τῷ σ. ἀστῶν Id. Eu. 690; so εἰ. περ ἴσχει Ζεὺς ἔτʼ ἐξ ἐμοῦ σ. S. Ant. 304. II. after Hom., the object of reverential awe, holiness, majesty, σ. Τροΐας Sapph. Supp. 5.9; δαιμόνων σ. A. Supp. 85 (lyr.); γᾶ, πάνδικον σ. ib.776 (lyr.); θεῶν σέβη ib.755, cf. E. Med. 752; Ἥλιε, . . Θρῃξὶ πρέσβιστον σ. (as Bothe and Lob. for σέλας) S. Fr. 582; σ. ἐμπόρων, of a funeral mound serving as a land-mark, E. Alc. 999 (lyr.): hence periphr. of reverend persons, ὦ μητρὸς ἐμῆς σ. A. Pr. 1091 (anap.); σ. κηρύκων, of Hermes, Id. Ag. 515; σ. ὦ δέσποτʼ Id. Ch. 157 (lyr.), cf. E. IA 633; Πειθοῦς σ. A. Eu. 885; τοκέων σ. ib.546 (lyr.); Ζηνὸς σ. S. Ph. 1289; of things, σ. μηρῶν A. Fr. 135; χειρός E. Hipp. 335; σ. ἀρρήτων ἱερῶν Ar. Nu. 302. 2. object of awestruck wonder, σ. πᾶσιν ἰδέσθαι h.Cer. 10: πᾶσι τοῖς ἐκεῖ σέβας, of Orestes, S. El. 685; of the arms of Achilles, Id. Ph. 402 (lyr.).
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