Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱεράομαι

α-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱεράομαι

Structure: ἱερά (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: i(ereu/s, i(/ereia

Sense

  1. to be a priest or priestess

Examples

  • ἔστι δ’ οὖν Ποσειδῶνοσ ἱερὸν ἐνταῦθα ἅγιον, ἱερᾶται δὲ αὐτῷ παρθένοσ, ἔστ’ ἂν ἐσ ὡρ́αν προέλθῃ γάμου. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 33 4:1)
  • ἱερᾶται δὲ παρθένοσ, ἔστ’ ἂν ἐσ ὡρ́αν ἀφίκηται γάμου. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 26 7:2)
  • ἱερᾶται δὲ τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ παῖσ χρόνον οὐκ οἶδα ὅσον τινά, πρὶν δὲ ἡβάσκειν καὶ οὐ πρόσω, τὴν ἱερωσύνην. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 47 5:2)
  • ἱερᾶται δὲ αὐτοῦ παρθένοσ, ἔστ’ ἂν ἐπιλάβῃ τὸ χρεὼν αὐτήν. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 27 9:2)
  • ἱερᾶται δὲ ἔτη συνεχῆ πέντε, ἐν οἷσ τήν τε ἄλλην δίαιταν ἔχει παρὰ τῇ θεῷ καὶ λουτρὰ αἱ ἀσάμινθοι κατὰ τρόπον εἰσὶν αὐτῷ τὸν ἀρχαῖον. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 34 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be a priest or priestess

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

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