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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

Conjugation

Present tense

Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἱέρωμαι ἱέρᾳ ἱέρᾱται
Dual ἱέρᾱσθον ἱέρᾱσθον
Plural ἱερῶμεθα ἱέρᾱσθε ἱέρωνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἱέρωμαι ἱέρῃ ἱέρηται
Dual ἱέρησθον ἱέρησθον
Plural ἱερώμεθα ἱέρησθε ἱέρωνται
OptativeSingular ἱερῷμην ἱέρῳο ἱέρῳτο
Dual ἱέρῳσθον ἱερῷσθην
Plural ἱερῷμεθα ἱέρῳσθε ἱέρῳντο
ImperativeSingular ἱέρω ἱερᾶσθω
Dual ἱέρᾱσθον ἱερᾶσθων
Plural ἱέρᾱσθε ἱερᾶσθων, ἱερᾶσθωσαν
Infinitive ἱέρᾱσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἱερωμενος ἱερωμενου ἱερωμενη ἱερωμενης ἱερωμενον ἱερωμενου

Imperfect tense

Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ῑ̔ερῶμην ῑ̔έρω ῑ̔έρᾱτο
Dual ῑ̔έρᾱσθον ῑ̔ερᾶσθην
Plural ῑ̔ερῶμεθα ῑ̔έρᾱσθε ῑ̔έρωντο

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

  • Μάλβακα χοιράων ἱερῇ κυμίνευε σιπύδνῳ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 25:14)
  • τοίη Μουσάων ἱερὴ δόσισ ἀνθρώποισιν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 10:9)
  • οὐ γάρ πώ τισ ἔναιε βροτῶν ἱερῇ ἐνὶ Θήβῃ, οὐδ’ ἄρα πω τότε γ’ ἦσαν ἀταρπιτοὶ οὐδὲ κέλευθοι Θήβησ ἂμ πεδίον πυρηφόρον, ἀλλ’ ἔχεν ὕλη. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 4:2)
  • Ιἑρὴ δὲ φατίζεται ἥδ’ ἔτι πέτρη, ᾗ πέρι πείσματα νηὸσ ἐπεσσύμενοι ἐβάλοντο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 18:4)
  • Δρεπάνη τόθεν ἐκλήισται οὔνομα, Φαιήκων ἱερὴ τροφόσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 16:4)

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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