A.to be impious, act profanely, commit sacrilege, Hdt.1.159; opp. ἀδικέω, Ar.Th.367; “ἀ. ἐς τὸν νηόν” Hdt.8.129, cf. E.Ba.490, Antipho 5.93; περὶ τὰ ἱρά, τοὺς θεούς, Hdt.2.139, Antipho 4.1.2, cf. X.Ap.22, etc.; “πρὸς τὰ θεῖα” Id.Cyn.13.16: c. acc. cogn., “ἀ. ἀσέβημα” Pl.Lg.910e; ἀγγελίας καὶ ἐπιτάξεις παρὰ νόμον ἀ. ib.941a; “περὶ οὗ τὴν ἑορτὴν ἀσεβῶν ἕαλωκε” D.21.227.
2. c. acc. pers., sin against, “ἢ θεὸν ἢ ξένον τιν᾽ ἀσεβῶν” A.Eu. 271 (lyr.); “ἀ. θεούς” D.S.1.77, Plu.2.291c; “τὸ ἱαρὸν” IG7.2418 (Thebes, iv B. C.); “τὸν Καίσαρα” POxy.1612.23 (iii A. D.):—Pass., ἀσεβοῦνται οι<*> θεοί Lys.2.7; “ἠσεβῆσθαι πρός τινος” D.C.57.9; of households, to be affected with the consequences of sin, “ὅταν τις ἀσεβηθῇ τῶν οἴκων” Pl. Lg.877e.