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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

  • καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἱεροδούλων, ὧν ἔδωκε Δαυίδ, καὶ οἱ ἡγούμενοι εἰσ τὴν ἐργασίαν τῶν Λευιτῶν, ἱεροδούλουσ διακοσίουσ καὶ εἴκοσι. πάντων ἐσημάνθη ἡ ὀνοματογραφία. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:48)
  • τό τε τῆσ Ἀφροδίτησ ἱερὸν οὕτω πλούσιον ὑπῆρξεν ὥστε πλείουσ ἢ χιλίασ ἱεροδούλουσ ἐκέκτητο ἑταίρασ, ἃσ ἀνετίθεσαν τῇ θεῷ καὶ ἄνδρεσ καὶ γυναῖκεσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 6 33:15)
  • ἔχει δὲ καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν Μηνὸσ Φαρνάκου καλούμενον, τὴν Ἀμερίαν κωμόπολιν πολλοὺσ ἱεροδούλουσ ἔχουσαν καὶ χώραν ἱεράν, ἣν ὁ ἱερώμενοσ ἀεὶ καρποῦται. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 50:9)

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