σέβας in Ancient Greek

IPA: /sé.bas/, /ˈse.βas/, /ˈse.vas/, /sé.bas/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈse.bas/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈse.βas/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈse.vas/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈse.vas/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From the root of σέβομαι (sébomai, “respect”), which is from the Proto-Indo-European root *tyegʷ- (“to avoid, retreat from”), possibly going back directly to a neuter noun *tyégʷos whence also cognates Sanskrit त्यजस् (tyajas) and Avestan 𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬘𐬀𐬵 (ⁱθiiejah, “abandonment; difficulty, danger”). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|sa|त्यजस्}} Sanskrit त्यजस् (tyajas), {{cog|ae|𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬘𐬀𐬵||abandonment; difficulty, danger}} Avestan 𐬌𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬘𐬀𐬵 (ⁱθiiejah, “abandonment; difficulty, danger”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|n|decl=irregular|gen=-}} σέβας • (sébas) n (genitive —); irregular declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|irreg|σέβας|||σέβη|form=N-SP}} Forms: sébas [romanization], Attic irregular [table-tags], τὸ σέβας [nominative, singular], τᾰ̀ σέβη [nominative, plural], - [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], - [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], τὸ σέβας [accusative, singular], τᾰ̀ σέβη [accusative, plural], σέβας [singular, vocative], σέβη [plural, vocative]

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"σέβας" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun