ὅσιος

ὅσι-ος, α, ον, also ος, ον Pl.Lg.831d, D.H.5.71:—

A hallowed, i. e. sanctioned or allowed by the law of God or of nature,

δίκη Thgn.132

;

θοῖναι A.Pr.529

(lyr.) ;

λουτρά S.Aj.1405

(anap.);

καθαρμοί E.Ba.77

(lyr.);

μέλος Ar.Av.898

; οὐχ ὅ. unhallowed,

ὕβρις E.Ba. 374

(lyr.) ;

ἔρως Id.Hipp.764

(lyr.);

θυσίαι Id.IT465

(anap.).—The sense of ὅσιος often depends on its relation on the one hand to δίκαιος (sanctioned by human law), on the other to ἱερός (sacred to the gods):

1 opp. δίκαιος, sanctioned by divine law, hallowed, holy (

μόριον τοῦ δικαίου τὸ ὅ. Pl.Euthphr.12d

),

δικαιότερον καὶ ὁσιώτερον καὶ πρὸς θεῶν καὶ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων Antipho 1.25

;

τὰ πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους δίκαια καὶ τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ὅ. Plb.22.10.8

: hence, in a common antithesis, τὰ δίκαια καὶ ὅ. things of human and divine ordinance, Pl. Plt.301d, etc., cf. Euthphr.6e ; also

ὅ. καὶ νόμιμα Ar.Th.676

(lyr.);

οὐ . . νόμιμον οὐδ' ὅ. ἂν εἴη Pl.Lg.861d

; θεοὺς ὅσιόν τι δρᾶν discharge a duty men owe the gods, E.Supp.40, cf. Hipp.1081 ; τὸ ὅσιον, = εὐσέβεια, Pl.Euthphr.5d: in an imprecatory formula,

ἀποδοῦσι μὲν αὐτοῖς ὅσια ᾖ, μὴ ἀποδοῦσι δὲ ἀνόσια SIG1199

([place name] Cnidus), cf.

ἀνοσία 11

; so ὅ. καὶ ἐλεύθερα ib.1180.6 (ibid.).

2 opp. ἱερός, permitted or not forbidden by divine law, profane, ἱερὰ καὶ ὅ. things sacred and profane,

ἐς ὀλιγωρίαν ἐτράποντο καὶ ἱερῶν καὶ ὁ. ὁμοίως Th.2.52

, cf. Pl.R.344a, Lg.857b, etc. ; κοσμεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖς καὶ τοῖς ὁ. with sacred and profane buildings, Isoc.7.66 ;

τῶν ἱερῶν μὲν χρημάτων τοὺς θεούς, τῶν ὁ. δὲ τὴν πόλιν ἀποστερεῖ D.24.9

;

ἀργυρίου ὁσίου IG12.186.13

;

ὁ ταμίας τῶν ὁ. προσόδων OGI229.58

(Smyrna, iii B. C.);

ὁ ταμίας τῶν ὁ. Supp.Epigr.1.366.58

(Samos, iii B. C.); ὅ. χωρίον a lawful place (for giving birth to a child), Ar.Lys.743 ; ὅσιόν ἐστι folld. by inf., it is lawful, not forbidden by any law, E.IT1045, etc.;

οὐκ ὅσιόν ἐστι

nefas est,

Hdt.6.81

; οὐκ ὅσιον ποιεῦμαι I deem it impious, Id.2.170, cf. D.Ep.5.3 ; οὐδὲ ὅσια (sc. ἐστι) . .

μιαίνειν Pl.R.416e

;

οὐ γάρ σοι θέμις οὐδ' ὅσιον . . ἱστάναι κτερίσματα S.El.432

;

ὅσια ποιέειν Hdt.6.86

.α';

λέγειν Id.9.79

;

φωνεῖν S.Ph.662

;

φρονεῖν E.El.1203

(lyr.).

II of persons, pious, devout, religious,

ἄνδρες A.Supp.27

(anap.), cf. E.Med.850 (lyr.), etc.;

Παλλάδος ὁ. πόλις Id.El.1320

(anap.); ὅ. θιασῶται, μύσται, Ar.Ra.327,336 (both lyr.);

ἐμαυτὸν ὅ. καὶ δίκαιον παρέχειν Antipho 2.2.2

;

ὅσιοι πρὸς οὐ δικαίους ἱστάμεθα Th.5.104

; opp. ἀνόσιος, E.Or.547; opp. ἐπίορκος, X.An.2.6.25 ; ὅσιος εἴς τινα, περὶ ξένους, E.Heracl.719, Cyc.125 ;

πρὸς τοὺς τοκέας Gorg.6

.

2 sinless, pure,

ἐξ ὁ. στομάτων Emp.4.2

; ὅ. ἔστω καὶ εὐαγής Lex Solonis ap.And.1.96: c. gen., ἱερῶν πατρῴων ὅσιος in regard to the sacred rites of his forefathers, A.Th.1015;

ὅσιος ἀπ' εὐνᾶς E.Ion150

(lyr.); also ὅσιαι χέρες pure, clean hands, A.Ch.378 (anap.), cf. S.OC470.

3 rarely of the gods, holy, Orph.H.77.2 ;

θεοῖς ὁ. καὶ δικαίοις CIG3830

([place name] Cotyaeum), cf. 3594 (Alexandria Troas).

4 title of five special priests at Delphi, Plu.2.292d, 365a.

5 οἱ ὅσιοι 'the saints', LXX Ps. 29(30).4, al.

III Adv.

ὁσίως Antipho 2.4.12

, etc.;

ὁ. οὔχ, ὑπ' ἀνάγκας δέ E.Supp.63

(lyr.);

οὐχ ὁ. Id.Hipp.1287

(anap.), cf. Th.2.5 (v. l.);

καλῶς καὶ ὁ. Pl.Phd.113d

;

δικαίως καὶ ὁ. Id.R.331a

;

ὁ. καὶ κατὰ νόμον Id.Lg.799b

; ὁ. ἂν ὑμῖν ἔχοι τοῦτον θύειν . . it would be right for you that he should . . , X.Cyr.8.5.26 : c. part., ὁ. ἂν ἔχοι αὐτῷ μὴ δεχομένῳ . . Id.HG4.7.2 : [comp] Comp.

-ώτερον E.IT1194

, etc.: [comp] Sup.,

ὡς -ώτατα διαβιῶναι τὸν βίον Pl.Men.81b

, etc. (Not in Hom., who has only Subst. ὁσίη, v. ὁσία.)