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

  • ἱερῶνται δὲ Πριηνεῖσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 34:4)
  • ἱερῶνται δ’ οἱ ἐπιφανέστατοι τῶν πολιτῶν ἀεὶ διὰ βίου. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 2 44:10)
  • κόραι δὲ ἱερῶνταί σφισι παρθένοι, καλούμεναι κατὰ ταὐτὰ ταῖσ θεαῖσ καὶ αὗται Λευκιππίδεσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 16 2:3)

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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