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δυσσεβής

δυσσεβής, δυσσεβής, (mainly poetic) impious, unholy

δυσσεβ-ής, ές,
  • ungodly, impious, profane, of persons, A. Th. 598 (Comp. or Sup.), and their acts, δ. χάρις S. Ant. 514; τὰ τῶν κακίστων δυσσεβέστατα Id. OC 1190; δ. μέλαθρα E. IT 694. Adv. -βῶς Id. Fr. 825.—This family of words is chiefly found in Trag. (δυσσεβής occurs in Men. 540, Diph. 105, and later Prose as Jul. Or. 5.174b (Sup.)); εὐσεβής, etc., are freq. also in Prose.

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