σέβας

A. σέβη A. Supp. 755, as if from σέβος, τό: (σέβομαι):—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. μ’ 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 ἔτ’ 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 δέσποτ’ 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.).