• piety: pĭĕtas (primarily,
dutiful conduct towards parents; hence also,
towards the gods:
cf. Cic. Part. 22, fin., justitia erga deos religio, erga parentes pietas nominatur; together with
id. N. D. 1, 41, 116, where the definition is given, est pietas justitia erga deos): for the sake of precision, use, p. adversus deos [Deum],
id. Fin. 2, 22, 73: or, p. erga Deum, Or. pro Dom. 41, 107. Join: pietas et sanctitas,
id. Off. 2, 3, 11; pietas, sanctitas, religio,
id. N. D. 1, 2, 3. (As distinct from pietas, sanctitas denotes
irreproachableness of life; religio,
scrupulous regard for oaths, etc.)