pious
pious
adj.
P. and V. εὐσεβής, ὅσιος, θεοσεβής.
Pious opinion, mere opinion: P. and V. δόξᾰ, ἡ, δόκησις, ἡ.
Mere aspiration: P. εὐχή, ἡ.
adj.
P. and V. εὐσεβής, ὅσιος, θεοσεβής.
Pious opinion, mere opinion: P. and V. δόξᾰ, ἡ, δόκησις, ἡ.
Mere aspiration: P. εὐχή, ἡ.
PIOUS
pius (one who maintains respect and love to God his country parents and all who are near to him; where the sense is not evident from the context erga Deum erga patriam etc. must be added): sanctus (pleasing or acceptable to God). (The words are found in this connection and order.) sanctus piusque; religiosus (religious conscientious). (The words are found in this connection and order.) religiosus sanctusque; sanctus et religiosus; diligens religionum cultor (who zealously complies with religious observances): castus (pure): integer (blameless in his course of life; ☞ integer vitae is poetical); (The words are found in this connection and order.) integer castusque: to be pious pie Deum (or Deos) colere: to be very pious Deum (or Deos) summa religione colere; omnia quae ad cultum Dei (or Deorum) pertinent diligenter tractate.
pius (one who maintains respect and love to God his country parents and all who are near to him; where the sense is not evident from the context erga Deum erga patriam etc. must be added): sanctus (pleasing or acceptable to God). (The words are found in this connection and order.) sanctus piusque; religiosus (religious conscientious). (The words are found in this connection and order.) religiosus sanctusque; sanctus et religiosus; diligens religionum cultor (who zealously complies with religious observances): castus (pure): integer (blameless in his course of life; ☞ integer vitae is poetical); (The words are found in this connection and order.) integer castusque: to be pious pie Deum (or Deos) colere: to be very pious Deum (or Deos) summa religione colere; omnia quae ad cultum Dei (or Deorum) pertinent diligenter tractate.
pious:
1. pĭus, comp. magis and maxime pius (dutiful to parents;hence , to the gods, as standing in like relation to men): the superl. piissimus was used by M Antonius, Cic. Ph. 13, 19, 43; and (though declared not to be Latin by Cic. l. c.) is freq. in later writers in sense of most dutiful and affectionate: to distinguish between the p. and impious, p. et impiorum rationem habere, Cic. Leg. 2, 7, 15.
2. sanctus (of pure and spotless life): cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 19, 49, vir in publicis religionibus foederum, sanctus et diligens (most conscientious). Phr.: an eminently p. man, religionum diligentissimus cultor, Liv. 5, 50, init.; praecipuâ (singulari) religionis conservandae curâ, cf. Val. Max. 1, 1, 12: insignis pietate vir, Virg. Aen. 1, 10. See alsoRELIGIOUS , CONSCIENTIOUS , UPRIGHT .
1. pĭus, comp. magis and maxime pius (dutiful to parents;
2. sanctus (of pure and spotless life): cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 19, 49, vir in publicis religionibus foederum, sanctus et diligens (most conscientious). Phr.: an eminently p. man, religionum diligentissimus cultor, Liv. 5, 50, init.; praecipuâ (singulari) religionis conservandae curâ, cf. Val. Max. 1, 1, 12: insignis pietate vir, Virg. Aen. 1, 10. See also