Ὅσιοι

saints, righteous persons

Translated by Catharine Roth7 Feb 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

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[A term for] those practicing a pious life, even if they are not priests.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὅσιοι· οἱ εὐσεβείᾳ συντεθραμμένοι, κἂν μὴ ἱερεῖς ὦσιν.

Betacode

*(/osioi: oi( eu)sebei/a| sunteqramme/noi, ka)\n mh\ i(erei=s w)=sin.

Notes

The phrase "practicing a pious life" occurs three times in Theodoret, but the source of the gloss as a whole is unidentifiable.

Linked from1 entry

ο688Ὅσιον χωρίονpermitted place[A place] which may be walked on and is not sacred, into which one may go. Aristophanes in Lysistrata [writes]: "O lady Eileithuia, hold back my delivery, until I go away into a permitted place." Also [sc. attested is…

Neighbouring entries

ο690Ὁσιωθῆναιwere made profane ο691Ὁσίωνof saints ο692Ὅσιοιsaints, righteous persons ο693ὌσιριςOsiris ο694ὈσιράζουσανOsiris-worshipping

Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Jul 2013

29 Jul 2013Revised — David Whitehead
11 Apr 2011added note — Catharine Roth
11 Apr 2011more keywords — David Whitehead
7 Feb 2004Revised — David Whitehead
7 Feb 2004Translated — Catharine Roth