ὅσια | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Holy, sacred, or sanctioned by divine law; pious, devout. Often contrasts with **δίκαιος** (“just”) by referring specifically to what is religiously right rather than merely legally or morally right.

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Grammatical Analysis

"ὅσια"

Lemma: ὅσιος, -α, -ον

Case: nominative/accusative/vocative

Number: plural

Gender: neuter

Degree: positive

Declension: 1st/2nd declension adjective (two-termination: -ος for masc./fem., -ον for neut.)

Note: As a neuter plural it can be used substantively (‘holy things’, ‘what is holy’), but the form itself is morphologically neuter plural nom./acc./voc.

Related Forms of ὅσιος

8 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ὁσίως adverb ὁσιοις dative, plural, masculine/neuter ὁσιώτερον adverb ὅσιον nominative or accusative, singular, neuter οσιοι nominative, plural, masculine ὅσιος nominative (or vocative), singular, masculine τὴν ὁσίην determiner + adjective (substantival use) όσιος nominative, singular, masculine

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