σεμνός
σεμνός
σεμνός, ή, όν
σέβομαι
revered, august, holy, awful:
properly of certain gods; at Athens esp. of the Furies, σεμναὶ θεαί or Σεμναί, Trag.; σ. τέλη their rites, Trag.
then of things divine, Hhymn., Trag.; σ. βίος a life devoted to the gods, Eur.; σεμνὰ φθέγγεσθαι εὔφημα, Aesch.; τὸ σ. holiness, Dem.
of human beings, reverend, august, solemn, stately, majestic, Hdt., Attic
of things, Aesch., etc.; οὐδὲν σ. nothing very wonderful, Arist.; σεμνόν ἐστι, c. inf., ʼtis a noble, fine thing to . . , Plat.
in bad sense, proud, haughty, Trag.: —in contempt or irony, solemn, pompous, grand, Aesch., etc.; σεμνὸν βλέπειν to look grave and solemn, Eur.; ὡς σ. οὑπίτριπτος how grand the rascal is! Ar.; ὡς σ. ὁ κατάρατος Ar.
adv. -νῶς, Eur., etc.: comp. -ότερον, Xen.
Headword (normalized):
σεμνός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σεμνος
Intro Text:
σεμνός
σεμνός, ή, όν
σέβομαι
revered, august, holy, awful:
properly of certain gods; at Athens esp. of the Furies, σεμναὶ θεαί or Σεμναί, Trag.; σ. τέλη their rites, Trag.
then of things divine, Hhymn., Trag.; σ. βίος a life devoted to the gods, Eur.; σεμνὰ φθέγγεσθαι εὔφημα, Aesch.; τὸ σ. holiness, Dem.
of human beings, reverend, august, solemn, stately, majestic, Hdt., Attic
of things, Aesch., etc.; οὐδὲν σ. nothing very wonderful, Arist.; σεμνόν ἐστι, c. inf., ʼtis a noble, fine thing to . . , Plat.
in bad sense, proud, haughty, Trag.: —in contempt or irony, solemn, pompous, grand, Aesch., etc.; σεμνὸν βλέπειν to look grave and solemn, Eur.; ὡς σ. οὑπίτριπτος how grand the rascal is! Ar.; ὡς σ. ὁ κατάρατος Ar.
adv. -νῶς, Eur., etc.: comp. -ότερον, Xen.
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