σεβαστός
σεβαστός, ή, όν,
A). venerable, reverend, august, πρᾶγμα ; 2.75 θεοί, prob. of deified Emperors, IG 7.2233 (Thisbe), cf. SIG 820.6 (Ephesus, i A.D.).
II). = Lat. Augustus, , 3.3.8 12.8.16 , Act.Ap. 25.21 , , 3.11.4 , etc.; 2.10.9 Καίσαρος Σ. θεοῦ Macr. 21 , cf. 17 ; ἐπὶ τοῦ πρώτου Σ. in the time of the first Emperor, Laps. 18 ; κατὰ τὸν Σ. μάλιστα Salt. 34 , etc.; fem. Σεβαστή, = Augusta, Wilcken Chr. 14 ii 7 (i A.D.), etc., cf.Σεβαστιάς; joined with Αὔγουστος, -ούστη, CIG 3770 (Nicomedia).
2). name of month, Augustus, in Egyptian calendars,= Thoth, Yale Classical Studies 2.242 ; in Phrygia and elsewhere, IGRom. 4.536 , etc.
3). σεβαστή, ἡ (sc. ἡμέρα), the Emperor's day, the day on which his birthday or accession day was celebrated every month, OGI 658 (Egypt, i B.C.), POxy. 288.32 (i A.D.), PMich.Teb. 123r iv 30 (i A.D.), etc.
4). Σεβαστά,,= Σεβαστεῖα 11 , CIG 2810 b. 13 ( p.1112 ) (Aphrodisias), cf. IG 3.129 , 14.748 , SIG 1065.5 (Cos, i A.D.).