ὅσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Often explained as a derivative in -ιο- from a participal form *s-o-to-, beside alleged *seto- in ἐτάζω (etázō, “to examine, test”), although this account presents difficulties. A connection with Sanskrit सत्य (satya, “true”) requires loss of the initial laryngeal. The derivation from Proto-Indo-European *soto- (from a different root *set-, seen in ἐτάζω (etázō) and ἐτεός (eteós)) is defended by Pinault.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hó.si.os/ → /ˈo.si.os/ → /ˈo.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hó.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)o.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.si.os/

Adjective

ὅσιος • (hósios) m (feminine ὁσίᾱ, neuter ὅσιον); first/second declension

1. pious, hallowed, sanctioned by the gods, (as opposed to δίκαιος "sanctioned by human law")
2. of things which are allowed by divine law but not sacred: profane (as opposed to ἱερός "sacred to the gods")
3. (of persons) pious, devout, sinless

   Synonyms: εὐσεβής (eusebḗs), θρῆσκος (thrêskos)

4. sinless, pure

Inflection

First and second declension of ὅσιος; ὁσίᾱ; ὅσιον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὅσιος hósios	ὁσίᾱ hosíā	ὅσιον hósion		ὁσίω hosíō	ὁσίᾱ hosíā	ὁσίω hosíō		ὅσιοι hósioi	ὅσιαι hósiai	ὅσιᾰ hósiă
Genitive		ὁσίου hosíou	ὁσίᾱς hosíās	ὁσίου hosíou		ὁσίοιν hosíoin	ὁσίαιν hosíain	ὁσίοιν hosíoin		ὁσίων hosíōn	ὁσίων hosíōn	ὁσίων hosíōn
Dative		ὁσίῳ hosíōi	ὁσίᾳ hosíāi	ὁσίῳ hosíōi		ὁσίοιν hosíoin	ὁσίαιν hosíain	ὁσίοιν hosíoin		ὁσίοις hosíois	ὁσίαις hosíais	ὁσίοις hosíois
Accusative		ὅσιον hósion	ὁσίᾱν hosíān	ὅσιον hósion		ὁσίω hosíō	ὁσίᾱ hosíā	ὁσίω hosíō		ὁσίους hosíous	ὁσίᾱς hosíās	ὅσιᾰ hósiă
Vocative		ὅσιε hósie	ὁσίᾱ hosíā	ὅσιον hósion		ὁσίω hosíō	ὁσίᾱ hosíā	ὁσίω hosíō		ὅσιοι hósioi	ὅσιαι hósiai	ὅσιᾰ hósiă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὁσίως hosíōs				ὁσιότερος hosióteros				ὁσιότᾰτος hosiótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ὅσιος • (hósios) m (genitive ὁσίου); second declension

1. (religion) title of five special priests at Delphi
2. Biblical: plural οἱ ὅσιοι (hoi hósioi, “the saints”) (LXX Psalm 29.4)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὅσιος; τοῦ ὁσίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὅσιος ho hósios	τὼ ὁσίω tṑ hosíō	οἱ ὅσιοι hoi hósioi
Genitive	τοῦ ὁσίου toû hosíou	τοῖν ὁσίοιν toîn hosíoin	τῶν ὁσίων tôn hosíōn
Dative	τῷ ὁσίῳ tōî hosíōi	τοῖν ὁσίοιν toîn hosíoin	τοῖς ὁσίοις toîs hosíois
Accusative	τὸν ὅσιον tòn hósion	τὼ ὁσίω tṑ hosíō	τοὺς ὁσίους toùs hosíous
Vocative	ὅσιε hósie	ὁσίω hosíō	ὅσιοι hósioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνόσιος (anósios)
• ἀφόσιος (aphósios)
• ὁσία (hosía)
• ὁσιεύω (hosieúō)
• ὁσιότης (hosiótēs)
• ὁσιόω (hosióō)

References

• “ὅσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὅσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὅσιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3741 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clean idem, page 136.
  • clear idem, page 136.
  • conscientious idem, page 161.
  • devout idem, page 221.
  • dutiful idem, page 257.
  • god-fearing idem, page 365.
  • godly idem, page 365.
  • good idem, page 366.
  • holy idem, page 403.
  • just idem, page 466.
  • lawful idem, page 480.
  • moral idem, page 540.
  • permissible idem, page 607.
  • pious idem, page 614.
  • profane idem, page 653.
  • pure idem, page 658.
  • religious idem, page 691.
  • reverent idem, page 710.
  • righteous idem, page 715.
  • sacred idem, page 728.
  • secular idem, page 747.
  • sinless idem, page 779.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN