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1 σέβας
σέβ-ας, τό, only nom., acc., and voc. sg.; pl.A , as if from σέβος, τό: ([etym.] σέβομαι):— reverential awe, which prevents one from doing something disgraceful (cf. σέβομαι), σ. δέ σε θυμὸν ἱκέσθω Πάτροκλον Τρῳῇσι κυσὶν μέλπηθρα γενέσθαι Il.18.178
;αἰδώς τε σ. τε h.Cer. 190
; also awe with a notion of wonder,σ. μ' ἔχει εἰσορόωντα Od.3.123
, 4.75, cf. 142, etc.: generally, reverence, worship, honour,σ. ἀφίσταται A.Ch.54
(lyr.);σ. τὸ πρὸς θεῶν Id.Supp. 396
(lyr.): c. gen. objecti, Διὸς σέβας reverence for him, Id.Ch. 645 (lyr.): c. gen. subjecti,πάγος ἄρειος, ἐν δὲ τῷ σ. ἀστῶν Id.Eu. 690
; so εἰ. περ ἴσχει Ζεὺς ἔτ' ἐξ ἐμοῦ ς. S.Ant. 304.II after Hom., the object of reverential awe, holiness, majesty,σ. Τροΐας Sapph.Supp.5.9
;δαιμόνων σ. A.Supp. 85
(lyr.); γᾶ, πάνδικον ς. ib. 776 (lyr.); θεῶν σέβη ib. 755, cf. E.Med. 752; Ἥλιε,.. Θρῃξὶ πρέσβιστον ς. (as Bothe and Lob. for σέλας) S.Fr. 582; σ. ἐμπόρων, of a funeral mound serving as a land-mark, E.Alc. 999 (lyr.): hence periphr. of reverend persons, ὦ μητρὸς ἐμῆς ς. A.Pr. 1091 (anap.); σ. κηρύκων, of Hermes, Id.Ag. 515;σ. ὦ δέσποτ' Id.Ch. 157
(lyr.), cf. E.IA 633; Πειθοῦς ς. A.Eu. 885; τοκέων ς. ib. 546 (lyr.); Ζηνὸς ς. S.Ph. 1289; of things,σ. μηρῶν A.Fr. 135
; ;σ. ἀρρήτων ἱερῶν Ar.Nu. 302
.2 object of awestruck wonder,σ. πᾶσιν ἰδέσθαι h.Cer.10
: πᾶσι τοῖς ἐκεῖ σέβας, of Orestes, S.El. 685; of the arms of Achilles, Id.Ph. 402 (lyr.). -
2 πάσχω
Aἔπασχον 17.375
, etc.: [tense] fut.πείσομαι Od.2.134
, etc. ; [dialect] Dor. [ per.] 3sg.παισεῖται Abh.Berl.Akad.1925(5).21
(Cyrene, iii B.C.): [tense] aor.ἔπᾰθον Il.9.492
, etc.: [tense] pf.πέπονθα Od.13.6
, etc.: [tense] plpf. ἐπεπόνθειν ib.92, etc.; [dialect] Att. (all the above tenses in Hom., [tense] pres. and [tense] aor. only in Hes.). —Rarer forms, [ per.] 2pl. [tense] pf. πέπασθε (so Aristarch.) Il.3.99,πέποσθε Od. 23.53
; fem. [tense] pf. part.πεπᾰθυῖα 17.555
; [dialect] Dor. [tense] pf.πέποσχα Stesich. 89
, Epich.11, PCair.Zen. 482.18 (iii B.C.) :— have something done to one, suffer, opp. do,ὅσσ' ἔρξαν τ' ἔπαθόν τε Od.8.490
;ῥέζοντά τι καὶ παθεῖν ἔοικεν Pi.N.4.32
; δρᾶν καὶ πάσχειν, v. δράω ; πολλὰ μὲν.. πείσεσθαι, πολλὰ δὲ ποιήσειν Hdt.5.89, etc.: hence used as [voice] Pass. of ποιέω (cf. Arist. Cat. 2a4, Metaph. 1017a26, Plot.3.6.8, etc.), π. τι ὑπό τινος to be treated so and so by another, suffer it at his hands,ἃ πάσχοντες ὑφ' ἑτέρων ὀργίζεσθε, ταῦτα τοὺς ἄλλους μὴ ποιεῖτε Isoc.3.61
, cf. Hdt.1.44, 124,al. ;ἐξ ἐμοῦ μὲν ἔπαθες οἷα φῂς παθεῖν, δρᾷς δ' οὐδὲν ἡμᾶς εὖ E.Hec. 252
;οἷα πρὸς θεῶν πάσχω θεός A.Pr.92
, cf. Hdt.1.36.II to have something happen to one, to be or come to be in a state or case,καί τι ἔφη γελοῖον παθεῖν Pl.Smp. 174e
; , cf. V. 946 ; ὁρᾶτε μὴ ταὐτὸ πάθητε τῷ ἵππῳ see that it be not with you as with the horse in the fable, Arist. Rh. 1393b20, cf. Pl.R. 488a ; παραπλ ήσιον π. ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ .. Isoc.1.27 ; ὁμοιότατον πεπονθέναι ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις .. Pl.Phd. 98c.2 of the influence of passion or feeling, to be affected in a certain way, be (or come to be) in a certain state of mind, , cf. 1.80, D.20.56 ;ὅ τι μὲν ὑμεῖς πεπόνθατε ὑπὸ τῶν ἐμῶν κατηγόρων οὐκ οἶδα Pl.Ap. 17a
, cf. 21c, 22c, Alc.1.118b, Smp.198c ;π. τι πρός τινας Isoc.2.42
, Pl.Grg. 485b, cf. X.Smp.4.11, 8.15, etc. ;τι ἔς τινας Th.6.11
: sts. with Adj., ὑϊκὸν πάσχει he is swinishly disposed, X.Mem.1.2.30 : abs., ὁ πάσχων the man of feeling or impulse, ὁ μὴ πάσχων the un impassioned man, Arist.MM 1203b21.3 of things, πεπόνθασι.. αἱ Ἰώνων ὁρταὶ τοῦτο this is the case with.., Hdt.1.148 ; πάσχει δὲ ταὐτὸ τοῦτο καὶ τὰ κάρδαμα this is just the way with.., Ar.Nu. 234 ; ; ὁμοίως π. τῷ Νείλῳ to be in the same case with.., Hdt.2.20.4 Gramm., of words, to be subject to certain changes, EM 200.11, 491.2, etc. ; τὸ πεπονθός a modified form, A.D.Adv.137.16.III freq. with Advbs., κακῶς πάσχειν or παθεῖν to be in evil plight, unlucky, Od.16.275, Hdt.3.146, etc. ; κακῶς π. ὑπό τινος to be ill used, ill treated by.., A.Pr. 1041 (anap.) ; ἐκ Διὸς π. κακῶς ib. 759 (but also κακὸν π. ὑ. τ. Th.8.48): freq. with an Adj., κακά, αἰνά, λυγρὰ π ., Il.3.99, 22.431, Hdt.9.37 ;ἀνάρσια πρός τινος Id.5.89
: freq. in Trag., π. δύσοιστα, τάλανα, ἀμήχανα, οἰκτρά, σχέτλια, ἀνάξια, A.Eu. 789 (lyr.), Th. 988 (dub.), E.Hipp. 598, Hec. 321, Andr. 1180 (dub.), IA 852 : also in Prose, δεινά, βίαια π., D.51.19, 21.1, etc. ; πρέποντα πάσχειν Anti-pho 3.3.9 : in Hom. also with Subst., ἄλγεα, κήδεα, πήματα, ἀεκήλια ἔργα, Il.20.297, Od.17.555, Il.5.886, 18.77 : rarely in [dialect] Att.,πράγματ' αἴσχιστ' ἂν ἐπάθομεν D.21.17
.b εὖ πάσχειν to be well off, in good case, c. gen., τῶν αὑτοῦ (leg. ὧν αὐτοῦ, cf. ὅς Possess.) κτεάνων εὖ πασχέμεν to have the good of, enjoy one's own, like ἀπολαύω, γεύομαι, etc., Thgn. 1009, cf. Pi.N.1.32 ; εὖ πάσχειν receive benefits, opp. εὖ δρᾶν, A.Eu. 868, Th.2.40, etc. ;ἀνθ' ὧν ἔπασχον εὖ.. χάριν δοῦναι S.OC 1489
;τιμᾶσθαι.. ἐν τῇ μνήμῃ τῶν εὖ πεπονθότων Aeschin.3.182
;εὖ παθεῖν ὑπό τινων Pl.Grg. 519d
, etc.: also with an Adj.,π. ἀγαθά Hdt.2.37
;τι ἐσλόν Pi.P.9.89
, cf. Alc.Supp.22.5 ;τερπνόν τι S. Aj. 521
, cf. Theoc.7.83 ; χαρτά, ὅσια, E.Ph. 618, Hec. 788 ; γλυκέα, χαρίεντα π., Ar. Pax 591, Ec. 794 ;δίκαια Din.1.10
;φιλικὰ ὑπό τινος X.Cyr.4.6.6
.2 without Adv., with reference to evil, used for κακῶς orκακὰπ., μάλα πόλλ' ἔπαθον καὶ πόλλ' ἐμόγησα Od.5.223
, cf. Il. 23.607 ;εἴ κεν μάλα πολλὰ πάθοι 22.220
; ὁτιοῦν π. suffer anything whatever, Isoc.12.133, etc.: abs., παθὼν δέ τε νήπιος ἔγνω by hard experience, Hes. Op. 218, cf. S.OT 403 ; ὁ παθών the injured parly, Pl. Lg. 730a, 878c :—Phrases: μή τι πάθῃς or πάθοι, lest thou, lest he suffer any ill, Od.17.596, Il.5.567, cf. 11.470, etc. ;μή τι πάθωμεν 13.52
: hence εἴ τι πάθοιμι or ἤν τι πάθω, as euphemism, if aught were to happen to me, i.e. if I were to die, Callin.1.17, Hdt.8.102, Ar.Ec. 1105, V. 385, Lys.19.51, Theoc.8.10 ;ἂν οὗτός τι πάθῃ D.4.11
;ἐάν τινα ἀνθρώπινα πάσχῃ IG3.74.13
; soεἴ τι πείσεται.. ἅδε γᾶ E.Ph. 244
(lyr.) ;ἤν τι ναῦς πάθῃ Id.IT 755
, cf. Syngr. ap. D.35.13.b in Law, suffer punishment, pay the penalty, Lys.20.30 ;π. ὡς ἱερόσυλος SIG 1016.7
(Iasos, iv B. C.), cf. 1 Ep.Pet.4.15 ; ὡς προδότης καὶ ἐπιβουλεύων τῷ δήμῳ πασχέτω τι Aen. Tact.11.9 ;τιμᾶν ὅ τι χρὴ παθεῖν.. ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι Pl.Plt. 299a
(- τίνειν codd.), cf. Ap. 36b, X.Mem.2.9.5, IG12.65.50, etc.3 τί πάθω ; what is to become of me? ὤμοι ἐγώ, τί π. ; Il.11.404, Od.5.465, S.OC 216 (lyr.), Theoc.3.24 ; sts. what (else) am I to do? Ar.Nu. 798 ; so esp. τί γὰρ π. ; E.Hec. 614, Supp. 257, Ar.Av. 1432, etc. ; ὡμολόγηκα· τί γὰρ π. ; I allow it—how can I help it? Pl.Euthd. 302d, cf. Hdt.4.118.4 in [ per.] 2sg., τί πάσχεις ; what's the matter with you? Ar.Nu. 708, Av. 1044 ; τί χρῆμα πάσχεις ; Id.Nu. 816 : so in [tense] aor. part., τί παθών ; τί παθόντε λελάσμεθα θούριδος ἀλκῆς ; what possesses us that we have forgotten.. ? Il.11.313 ; but τί παθόντες γαῖαν ἔδυτε ; what befell you that you died ? Od.24.106 ; also οὐδὲν θαυμαστὸν ἔπαθεν.. πεισθείς no wonder that he was induced, Antipho 2.4.7.5 to be ill, suffer, c. acc. of the part affected, π. τοὺς πόδας, τὴν πλευράν, PSI4.293.23 (iii A. D.), PGen.56.27 (iv A. D.) : abs. in part., ὁ πάσχων, almost = ὁ κάμνων, the patient, PMag. Par.1.3017 ;μεταβαίνει ἀπὸ τῶν παθῶν ἐπὶ τοὺς πάσχοντας ἀνθρώπους Gal.16.583
, cf. 15.501, Sor.Fasc. 45, al.IV in later Stoic Philos., πάσχειν is to be acted upon by outward objects, take impressions from, them, opp. ἀποπάσχω, mostly folld. by ὅτι, to be led to suppose that.., Arr.Epict.1.2.3, 1.18.1, etc.: also c. acc., have experience of, ἀρετήν, λόγον, Ph.2.449, 1.121. (Πṇ θσκω, [tense] fut. Πένθ-σομαι, cf. πένθος.) -
3 γε
γε, [dialect] Dor. and [dialect] Boeot. [full] γα, enclitic Particle, giving emphasis to the word or words which it follows.I with single words, at least, at any rate, but often only to be rendered by italics in writing, or emphasis in pronunciation: τὸ γὰρ.. σιδήρου γε κράτος ἐστίν such is the power of iron, Od.9.393; εἴ που πτωχῶν γε θεοὶ.. εἰσίν if the poor have any gods to care for them, 17.475;μάλιστά γε 4.366
; ὅ γ' ἐνθάδε λεώς at any rate the people here, S.OC42, etc.: with negs., οὐ δύο γε not even two, Il.5.303, 20.286; οὔκουν φθόγγος γε not the least sound, E.IA9.2 with Pronouns: with Pron. of [ per.] 1st Pers. so closely joined, that the accent is changed, in ἔγωγε, ἔμοιγε (also ἔγωγα [dialect] Lacon., but ἐγώνγα, ἰώνγα [dialect] Boeot.): in Hom. freq. with Art. used as Pron., v. ὅ γε: with demonstr. Pronouns, κεῖνός γε, τοῦτό γε, etc.: in Com. coalescing with -ί final, ; τουτογί, ταυταγί, etc., Id.V. 781, Pax 1057, etc. (but ): after possess. Pronouns,ἐμόν γε θυμόν Il.20.425
, etc.: freq. after relat. Pronouns, ὅς γε, οἵ γε, etc.,οἵ γέ σου καθύβρισαν S.Ph. 1364
;ὅς γ' ἐξέλυσας δασμόν Id.OT35
, etc.; ὅσον γε χρῄζεις even as much as.., ib. 365;οἷόν γέ μοι φαίνεται Pl.R. 329a
: rarely with interrog. Pronouns,τίνα γε.. εἶπας
;E.
Tr. 241; ;S.
Ph. 441.3 after Conjunctions, to emphasize the modification or condition introduced by the subjoined clause, πρίν γε, before at least, sts. repeated,οὐ μὲν.. ὀΐω πρίν γ' ἀποπαύσεσθαι, πρίν γε.. αἵματος ἆσαι Ἀρῆα Il.5.288
, cf. Od.2.127; πρὶν ἄν γε or πρίν γ' ἄν, Ar.Eq. 961, Ra.78, etc.; ; ;ἐπεί γε X.An.1.3.9
;ἐπειδή γε Th.6.18
;ὅπου γε X.Cyr.2.3.11
; εἴ γε, ἐάν γε, if that is to say, if really, Th.6.18, Pl.Phdr.25<*>c; also simply to lay stress on the condition, κἄν γε μὴ λέγω and if I do not.., Ar.Ach. 317; εἴπερ γε if at any rate, Hdt.7.16.γ, 143, etc.; ὥστε γε (v.l. ὥς γε), with inf., so far at least as to.., Pl.Phdr. 230b;ὥς γ' ἐμοὶ χρῆσθαι κριτῇ E.Alc. 801
; ὥς γε or ὥσπερ γε as at least, S.Ant. 570, OT 715, etc.:—γε may follow τε, when τε is closely attached to the preceding word,ὡς οἷόν τέ γε μάλιστα X.Mem.4.5.2
, Pl.R. 412b; ; :—for its use in opposed or disjunctive clauses, v. infr. 11.3.4 after other Particles, καὶ μὴν.. γε, οὐ μὴν.. γε, with words intervening, X.Mem.1.4.12, E.Alc. 518, etc.; after ἄν in apodosi, when preceded by οὐ or καί, Id.Ph. 1215, Or. 784; ἄταρ.. γε but yet, Ar.Ach. 448; καίτοι γε, v. καί τοι; ἀλλά γε (without intervening words) is f.l. in Pl.Hp.Ma. 287b (leg. ἀλλ' ἄγε), R. 331b ( ἀλλά γε ἕν codd.,ἀλλὰ ἕν γε Stob.
); ἀλλά γε δή dub. in Id.Phdr.262a; later, Plu.2.394c, Ael.NA10.49 codd.: but,5 when preceding other Particles, γε commonly refers to the preceding word, while the Particle retains its own force: but sts. modifies the sense of the following Particle, γε μήν nevertheless,πάντως γε μήν Ar.Eq. 232
, cf. E.El. 754, X., etc.; [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion.γε μέν Il.2.703
, Od.4.195, Hdt.7.152; , S.Tr. 484; , X.An.2.3.9, etc.: γε δή freq. strengthens an assertion, A.Pr.42, Th.2.62, etc.;οἰόμεθά γε δή Pl.Euthd. 275a
(cf. also 11.1); γέ τοι, implying that the assertion is the least that one can say, Ar.V. 934, Pl. 424, 1041, etc.; ; , Pl.Phdr. 264b;γέ τοί που Id.Lg. 888e
; , etc.; γέ που at all events, any how, Ar. Ach. 896, Pl.R. 607d, 478a, etc.; for γε οὖν, v. γοῦν.II exercising an influence over the whole clause:1 epexegetic, namely, that is, Διός γε διδόντος that is if God grant it, Od.1.390; κλῦθι, Ποσείδαον.., εἰ ἐτεόν γε σός εἰμι if indeed I am really thine, 9.529: hence to limit, strengthen or amplify a general assertion, ἀνὴρ.. ὅστις πινυτός γε any man— at least any wise man, 1.229; freq. preceded by καί, usu. with words intervening, ἦ μὴν κελεύσω κἀπιθωΰξω γε πρός ay and besi <*>es that.., A.Pr.73; παρῆσάν τινες καὶ πολλοί γε some, ay and a great many, Pl.Phd. 58d;καὶ γελοίως γε Id.R. 531a
; freq. with the last term in an enumeration,ταύτῃ ἄρα.. πρακτέον καὶ γυμναστέον καὶ ἐδεστέον γε καὶ ποτέον Id.Cri. 47b
;ὄψεις τε καὶ ἀκοαὶ καὶ.. καὶ ἡδοναί γε δή Id.Tht. 156b
; repeated, ; rarely without intervening words,καί γε ὁ θάνατος διὰ τὴν μοίρην ἔλαχεν Hp.Septim.9
, cf. Lys.11.7 codd.;καί γε.. ἐκχεῶ Act.Ap.2.18
: hence,2 in dialogue, in answers where something is added to the statement of the previous speaker, as ἔπεμψέ τίς σοι.. κρέα; Answ. καλῶς γε ποιῶν yes and quite right too, Ar.Ach. 1049; κενὸν τόδ' ἄγγος, ἢ στέγει τι; Answ. σά γ' ἔνδυτα .. yes indeed, your clothes, E. Ion 1412; οὕτω γὰρ ἂν μάλιστα δηχθείη πόσις. Answ. σὺ δ' ἂν γένοιο γ' ἀθλιωτάτη γυνή yes truly, and you.., Id.Med. 817, cf. S.OT 680, etc.; πάνυ γε yes certainly, Pl.Euthphr.8e, etc.; οὕτω γέ πως yes somehowso, Id.Tht. 165c; sts. preceded by καί, καὶ οὐδέν γ' ἄτοπον yes and no wonder, ib. 142b, cf. d, 147e; sts. ironically,εὖ γε κηδεύεις πόλιν E.IT 1212
.3 to heighten a contrast or opposition,a after conditional clauses, εἰ μὲν δὴ σύ γ'.., τῷ κε Ποσειδάων γε .. if you do so, then at all events Poseidon will.., Il.15.49 sq.; ἐπεὶ πρὸς τοῦτο σιωπᾶν ἥδιόν σοι.. τόδε γε εἰπέ at any rate tell me this, X.Cyr. 5.5.20;εἰ μὴ τὸ ὅλον, μέρος γ' ἐπιβάλλει D.18.272
:—sts. in the protasis, εἰ γὰρ μὴ ἑκόντες γε.. ἀλλ' ἀέκοντας .. Hdt.4.120.b in disjunctive sentences to emphasize an alternative, ἤτοι κεῖνόν γε.. δεῖ ἀπόλλυσθαι ἢ σέ .. Id.1.11; ;πατὴρ δ' ἐμός.. ζώει ὅ γ' ἢ τέθνηκε Od.2.131
, cf. Il.10.504: also in the second clause,εἰπέ μοι, ἠὲ ἑκὼν ὑποδάμνασαι ἤ σέ γε λαοὶ ἐχθαίρουσι Od.3.214
, cf. Hdt.7.10.θ, S.OT 1098 sq.4 in exclamations, etc., ὥς γε μή ποτ' ὤφελον λαβεῖν dub. in E.IA70, cf. S.OC 977, Ph. 1003, Ar.Ach.93, 836, etc.; in oaths, οὔτοι μὰ τὴν Δήμητρά γ' v.l. in Ar.Eq. 698;μὰ τὸν Ποσειδῶ γ' οὐδέποτ' Id.Ec. 748
;καὶ ναὶ μὰ Δία γε X.Ap.20
;καὶ νὴ Δία γε Ar.Eq. 1350
, D.Chr.17.4, Luc. Merc.Cond.28, Lib.Or.11.59, etc.: with words intervening, καὶ νὴ Δί', ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἕτεροί γε .. D.13.16;νὴ Δία, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, ὥρα γε ὑμῖν X.HG7.1.37
; merely in strong assertions, τίς ἂν φιλέοντι μάχοιτο; ἄφρων δὴ κεῖνός γέ .. Od.8.209, etc.5 implying concession, εἶμί γε well then I will go (in apodosi), E.HF 861;δρᾶ γ' εἴ τι δράσεις Id.IA 817
, cf. Andr. 239.III γε freq. repeated in protasis and apodosis, as πρίν γε.., πρίν γε, v. supr.1.3;εἰ μή γε.. τινὶ μείζονι, τῇ γε παρούσῃ ἀτιμίᾳ Lys.31.29
; even in the same clause, , cf. Hdt.1.187, E.Ph. 554, Pl.R. 335b, Grg. 502a.IV POSITION: γε normally follows the word which it limits; but is freq. placed immediately after the Article, asὅ γε πόλεμος Th.1.66
, etc.; or the Prep.,κατά γε τὸν σὸν λόγον X.Cyr.3.1.15
;ἔν γε ταῖς Θήβαις S.OT 1380
; orδέ, νῦν δέ γε Pl.Tht. 144e
; τὸ δέ γε ib. 164b;δοῖμεν δέ γέ που ἄν Id.R. 607d
, cf. Phd. 94a, etc.; freq. in retorts, ἁμές ποκ' ἦμες ἄλκιμοι νεανίαι. Answ.ἁμὲς δέ γ' εἰμές Carm.Pop.18
; οὐκ οἶδ' ὅτι λέγεις. Answ.ἡ γραῦς δέ γε οἶδ', ὡς ἐγῷμαι Men.Epit. 577
, cf. A.Th. 1031, etc.
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Wonder — Won der, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D. wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. & Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. ? to gaze at.] [1913 Webster] 1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English