σέβας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of σέβομαι (sébomai, “respect”), which is from the Proto-Indo-European root *tyegʷ- (“to avoid, retreat from”), possibly going back directly to a neuter noun *tyégʷos whence also cognates Sanskrit त्यजस् (tyajas) and Avestan 𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬘𐬀𐬵 (ⁱθiiejah, “abandonment; difficulty, danger”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sé.bas/ → /ˈse.βas/ → /ˈse.vas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sé.bas/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈse.bas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈse.βas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈse.vas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈse.vas/

Noun

σέβας • (sébas) n (genitive —); irregular declension

1. reverential awe
2. object of wonder

Inflection

Irregular declension of τὸ σέβας; — (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σέβας tò sébas	τᾰ̀ σέβη tà sébē
Genitive	—	—
Dative	—	—
Accusative	τὸ σέβας tò sébas	τᾰ̀ σέβη tà sébē
Vocative	σέβας sébas	σέβη sébē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σέβας (sévas)

Further reading

• “σέβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σέβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “σέβας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σέβας (sébas). For the expression 'τα σέβη μου', semantic loan from French respects.

Noun

σέβας • (sévas) n (plural σέβη)

1. respect
2. (in the plural) a respectful greeting
3. (in the plural, formal expression): τα σέβη μου (ta sévi mou, “my respects!”)

   Synonym: τα σεβάσματά μου (ta sevásmatá mou)

Declension

Declension of σέβας

	singular	plural
nominative	σέβας •	σέβη •
genitive	—	—
accusative	σέβας •	σέβη •
vocative	σέβας •	σέβη •

Synonyms

• σέβασμα n (sévasma) (formal)
• σεβασμός m (sevasmós)

Related terms

• ασέβεια f (aséveia, “disrespectfulness”)
• ευσέβεια f (efséveia, “piousness”)
• θεοσέβεια f (theoséveia, “piousness”)
• σεβαστός (sevastós, “respected, venerable”)

• and see: σέβομαι (sévomai, “respect”)