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ἱερή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱερή

Structure: ἱερ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: = i(e/reia, Anth.

Sense

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἱερή ἱερᾱ́ ἱεραί
Genitive ἱερᾶς ἱεραῖν ἱερῶν
Dative ἱερᾷ ἱεραῖν ἱεραῖς
Accusative ἱερᾱ́ν ἱερᾱ́ ἱερᾱ́ς
Vocative ἱερᾱ́ ἱερᾱ́ ἱεραί

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

  • τοίη Μουσάων ἱερὴ δόσισ ἀνθρώποισιν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 10:9)
  • Δρεπάνη τόθεν ἐκλήισται οὔνομα, Φαιήκων ἱερὴ τροφόσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 16:4)
  • καί κεν ἐπισμυγερῶσ διὰ δὴ πάλαι ἥδ’ ἐκεάσθη νηῦσ ἱερὴ χέρσου πολλὸν πρόσω· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 20:23)
  • τῆσ δ’ ἔκτοθι νῆσοσ ἀέρθη Καλλίστη, παίδων ἱερὴ τροφὸσ Εὐφήμοιο, οἳ πρὶν μέν ποτε δὴ Σιντηίδα Λῆμνον ἔναιον, Λήμνου τ’ ἐξελαθέντεσ ὑπ’ ἀνδράσι Τυρσηνοῖσιν Σπάρτην εἰσαφίκανον ἐφέστιοι· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 28:19)
  • αἰσθήσιοσ δὲ, καὶ κεφαλῆσ, καὶ νεύρων καθαρτήριον ἡ ἱερὴ τὸ φάρμακον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 166)
  • Μάλβακα χοιράων ἱερῇ κυμίνευε σιπύδνῳ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 25:14)
  • 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)

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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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