Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνίερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνίερος ἀνίερᾱ ἀνίερον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + νιερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. unholy, unhallowed, unhallowed because of
  2. unconsecrated

Examples

  • περίφρονεσ δ’ ἄγαν ἀνιέρῳ μένει μεμαργωμένοι κυνοθρασεῖσ, θεῶν οὐδὲν ἐπαί̈οντεσ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, antistrophe 21)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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