σέβομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tségʷomai, from Proto-Indo-European *tyegʷ- (“avoid, yield to”). 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
    Ἀργεῖοι ἰόμωροι ἐλεγχέες οὔ νυ σέβεσθε; (Iliad 4.242)
    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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σέβομαι.

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:

  • σοβ- → σοβαρός (sovarós, “serious”)
  • σεμ- → σεμνός (semnós, “modest”)
  • σεπ- → σεπτός (septós, “respected, holy”)
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