ὁσία
ὁσία
ὁσία, ἡ,
fem. of ὅσιος
divine law, natural law, οὔκ ἐστι ὁσίη it is not lawful, nefas est, Od., Hdt.; πολλὴν ὁσίαν τοῦ πράγματος νομίσαι to hold a thing fully sanctioned, Ar.
the service owed by man to God, ὁσίης ἐπιβῆναι to undertake the due rites, Hhymn.
proverb., ὁσίας ἕκατι ποιεῖσθαί τι to do a thing for formʼs sake, Lat. dicis caussa, Eur.