The corpus record

σεβασμ-ός

*sebasmos · ὁ

of majesty

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What it meant — LSJ

of majesty

= σέβασις, OGI 383.80 (Commagene, i B.C.), cf. D.S. 1.83; σεβασμὸν ἀποδοῦναι Aristeas 179; τὸν περὶ τῶν θεῶν σ. Placit. 1.6.9, cf. SIG 867.36 (ii A.D.); περὶ τοὺς βασιλέας Str. 11.13.9; σ. τοῦ σοφοῦ Epicur. Sent.Vat. 32; τὸν σ. τοῦ λόγου M.Ant. 4.16; ἀρχὴ σεβασμοῦ μεστή of majesty, D.H. 6.81: pl., Orph. H. 17.8 bis, D.H. 2.75.

2 ritual

ritual, Gal. 12.173.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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