σέβομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *tségʷomai, from Proto-Indo-European *tyegʷ- (avoid, yield to).[1] Cognates include Sanskrit त्यक्त (tyaktá, forsaken, abandoned) and त्यजति (tyajati, to forsake, abandon) and Avestan 𐬌𐬚𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬘𐬀𐬵- (iθaiiajah-), 𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬘𐬀𐬵- (iθiiejah-).

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    σέβομαι • (sébomai)

    1. to be moved by awe, fear, or respect for others or for their opinions; to feel shame; to experience the same feelings in a religious sense
      • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.242:
        Ἀργεῖοι ἰόμωροι ἐλεγχέες οὔ νυ σέβεσθε;
        Argeîoi iómōroi elenkhées oú nu sébesthe?
        Shameful Argives who fight with arrows, are you not now abashed?

    Inflection

    Also see σεβάζομαι (sebázomai) and the later active form σέβω (sébō).

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: σέβομαι (sévomai)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σέβομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1315-1316

    Further reading

    Greek

    Etymology

      Inherited from Ancient Greek σέβομαι (sébomai), from Proto-Hellenic *tségʷomai, from Proto-Indo-European *tyégʷ-e-tor, from *tyegʷ-.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈse.vo.me/
      • Hyphenation: σέ‧βο‧μαι

      Verb

      σέβομαι • (sévomai) deponent (past σεβάστηκα)

      1. to respect
        Synonym: (formal) σέβω (sévo)

      Conjugation

      And see related words from roots: