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δεισῐδαιμ-ονία

deisidaimonia · ἡ

fear of the gods, religious feeling

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Where it lives

Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k

What it meant

δεισῐδαιμ-ονία · deisidaim-onia — LSJ

fear of the gods, religious feeling

fear of the gods, religious feeling, Plb. 6.56.7, Phld. Herc. 1251.10, CIG 2737b11 (Aphrodisias), D.S. 1.70, etc.; ἡ τῶν θεῶν δ. Id. 11.89.

2 superstition

in bad sense, superstition, Thphr. Char. 16, Plb. 12.24.5; ἡ πρὸς τὰ ζῷα δ. D.S. 1.83; περὶ Δεισιδαιμονίας, title of work by Plu. Superst. 2.164e

In the wild

δεισιδαιμονίας · deisidaimonias Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1757)
δεισιδαιμονίαν · deisidaimonian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4961)
δεισιδαιμονίας · deisidaimonias Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.7 (DIORISIS sentence 8003)
δεισιδαιμονίας · deisidaimonias Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.30.4 (DIORISIS sentence 842)
δεισιδαιμονίας · deisidaimonias New Testament, Acts 25.18 (DIORISIS sentence 855)

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