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ἱερόδουλος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱερόδουλος ἱεροδούλου

Structure: ἱεροδουλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hierodule, a temple slave, often one performing religious prostitution

Declension

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

  • οἱ ἱερόδουλοι, υἱοὶ Ἡσαῦ, υἱοὶ Ἀσιφά, υἱοὶ Ταβαώθ, υἱοὶ Κηράσ, υἱοὶ Σουδά, υἱοὶ Φαλαίου, υἱοὶ Λαβανά, υἱοὶ Ἀγραβά, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 5:29)
  • πάντεσ οἱ ἱερόδουλοι καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν παίδων Σαλωμὼν τριακόσιοι ἑβδομηκονταδύο. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 5:35)
  • "καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν Ῥώμῃ φασὶ τοῦ καλουμένου δικτάτωροσ ἀναγορευθέντοσ ἀποτίθεσθαι τὰσ ἄλλασ ἀρχὰσ τοὺσ ἔχοντασ, οὕτωσ, οἷσ ἂν Ἔρωσ κύριοσ ἐγγένηται, τῶν ἄλλων δεσποτῶν καὶ ἀρχόντων ἐλεύθεροι καὶ ἄφετοι καθάπερ ἱερόδουλοι διατελοῦσιν. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 2127)

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