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σεμνός ,, ή, όν, (σέβομαι)
A.revered, august, holy:
I. prop. of gods, e.g. Demeter, h.Cer.1,486; Hecate, Pi.P.3.79; Thetis, Id.N.5.25; Apollo, A.Th.800; Poseidon, S.OC55; Pallas Athena, ib.1090 (lyr.); at Athens the Erinyes were specially the σεμναὶ θεαί, Id.Aj.837, OC 90,458, Ar.Eq.1312, Th.224, Th.1.126, Autocl. ap. Arist.Rh.1398b26; or simply Σεμναί, A.Eu.383 (lyr.), 1041 (lyr.), E.Or.410; τὸ ς. ὄνομα their name, S.OC41; ς. βάθρον the threshold of their temple, ib.100; ς. τέλη their rites, ib. 1050 (lyr.).
2. of things divine, ὄργια ς. h.Cer.478, S.Tr.765; “θέμεθλα δίκηςSol.4.14; “ὑγίειαSimon.70; “θυσίαPi.O.7.42; ς. ἄντρον the cave of Cheiron, Id.P.9.30, cf. O.5.18; ς. δόμος the temple of Apollo, Id.N.1.72; “παιάνA.Pers.393; σέλμα ς. ἡμένων, of the Olympian gods, Id.Ag.183 (lyr.); ς. ἔργα, of the gods, Id.Supp.1037 (lyr.); “μυστήριαS.Fr.804, E.Hipp.25; τέρμων οὐρανοῦ ib.746; ς. βίος devoted to the gods, Id.Ion 56; σεμνὰ φθέγγεσθαι, = εὔφημα, A.Ch.109 (v.l.), cf. Ar.Nu.315,364; πού τι ς. ἔστιν ξυναμπέχεις; A.Pr.521; τὸ ς. holiness, D.21.126.
3. metaph., ς. βρῶμα a noble dish, Aristopho 7, cf. Archestr.Fr.20; “ς. ὀσμήMnesim.4.60, etc.
III. in bad sense, proud, haughty, “τὰ σέμν᾽ ἔπηS.Aj.1107; “σεμνότερος καὶ φοβερώτεροςAnd.4.18; τὸ ς. haughty reserve, E.Hipp.93, cf. Med.216.
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