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ἀρχιερατικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρχιερατικός

Structure: ἀρχιερατικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from a)rxiereu/sis

Sense

  1. of the high-priest

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Καὶ δὴ μεταπεμψάμενοι μίαν τῶν ἀρχιερατικῶν φυλήν, Ἐνιάχιν καλεῖται, διεκλήρουν ἀρχιερέα, λαγχάνει δ’ ἀπὸ τύχησ ὁ μάλιστα διαδείξασ αὐτῶν τὴν παρανομίαν, Φαννί τισ ὄνομα, υἱὸσ Σαμουήλου κώμησ Ἀφθίασ, ἀνὴρ οὐ μόνον οὐκ ἐξ ἀρχιερέων, ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἐπιστάμενοσ σαφῶσ τί ποτ’ ἦν ἀρχιερωσύνη δι’ ἀγροικίαν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 181:1)

Synonyms

  1. of the high-priest

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

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