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ὁσία

ὁσία, divine law, natural law

ὁσί-α, Ion. ὁσίη, ἡ, (fem. of ὅσιος)
  • divine law, οὐδʼ ὁσίη κακὰ ῥάπτειν ἀλλήλοισιν it is against the law of God and nature to . ., Od. 16.423, cf. 22.412, Pi. P. 9.36, Call. Aet. 3.1.5 [Fr. 75.5 Pf.]; τοῖσι οὐδὲ κτήνεα ὁσίη θύειν ἐστί those for whom it is not lawful, Hdt. 2.45; ὅσον . . ὁ. ἐστὶ λέγειν ib. 171; ἐκ πάσης ὁ. h.Merc. 470; ὁσίης πλέον εἰπεῖν more than law allows, Emp. 4.7; νομίσας πολλὴν ὁ. τοῦ πράγματος holding the thing fully sanctioned, Ar. Pl. 682; οὔτε θεοὺς οὔθʼ ὁσίαν οὔτʼ ἄλλʼ οὐδὲν ἐποιήσατʼ ἐμποδών D. 21.104; τῶν ἱερῶν ὀσία παντί all may share lawfully in the rites, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.158 (Cyrene): personified Ὁσία, Righteousness, E. Ba. 370 (lyr.).
    • II the service or worship owed by man to God, rites, offerings, etc., κἀγὼ τῆς ὁσίης ἐπιβήσομαι ἧς περ Ἀπόλλων I will enter into (enjoyment of) the same worship as A., h.Merc. 173; ὣς ὁσίη γένετο the rites were established, h.Ap. 237; ὁσίη κρεάων the rite of the flesh-offering, h.Merc. 130: so without a gen., offering, λιτῇ προσγελάσαις ὁσίῃ AP 9.91 (Arch.Jun.).
      • 2 funeral rites, last honours paid to the dead, τὴν ὁ. ἀποπληροῦν Iamb. VP 30.184.
    • III prov., ὁσίας ἕκατι for formʼs sake, Lat. dicis causa, E. IT 1461; ὁσίας ἕνεκα Eub. 110, Ephipp. 15.4; so ὁσίᾳ (or Ὁσίᾳ) δίδωμʼ ἔπος τόδε E. IT 1161. (οὐκ ὀσία Berl.Sitzb. l.c.)

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