σέβας

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”).

σέβας • (sébas) n (genitive —); irregular declension

1. reverential awe
2. object of wonder

• Greek: σέβας (sévas)

• “σέβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σέβας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “σέβας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers

From Ancient Greek σέβας (sébas). For the expression 'τα σέβη μου', semantic loan from French respects.

σέβας • (sévas) n (plural σέβη)

1. respect
2. (in the plural) a respectful greeting
3. (in the plural, formal expression): τα σέβη μου (ta sévi mou, “my respects!”)

   Synonym: τα σεβάσματά μου (ta sevásmatá mou)

• σέβασμα n (sévasma) (formal)
• σεβασμός m (sevasmós)

• ασέβεια f (aséveia, “disrespectfulness”)
• ευσέβεια f (efséveia, “piousness”)
• θεοσέβεια f (theoséveia, “piousness”)
• σεβαστός (sevastós, “respected, venerable”)

• and see: σέβομαι (sévomai, “respect”)