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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 συνανέβησαν ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τῶν ἱερέων καὶ Λευιτῶν καὶ ἱεροψαλτῶν καὶ θυρωρῶν καὶ ἱεροδούλων εἰσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:5)
  • 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)
  • οἰκεῖται δὲ καὶ ὁ Ἔρυξ λόφοσ ὑψηλόσ, ἱερὸν ἔχων Ἀφροδίτησ τιμώμενον διαφερόντωσ ἱεροδούλων γυναικῶν πλῆρεσ τὸ παλαιόν, ἃσ ἀνέθεσαν κατ’ εὐχὴν οἵ τ’ ἐκ τῆσ Σικελίασ καὶ ἔξωθεν πολλοί· (Strabo, Geography, Book 6, chapter 2 10:8)
  • ἱερᾶται δ’ ἀνὴρ ἐντιμότατοσ μετά γε τὸν βασιλέα, προεστὼσ τῆσ ἱερᾶσ χώρασ, πολλῆσ καὶ εὐάνδρου, καὶ αὐτῆσ καὶ τῶν ἱεροδούλων, ὧν ἐνθουσιῶσι πολλοὶ καὶ προφητεύουσιν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 4 9:3)
  • ἔστι δὲ ἱεροδούλων πόλισμα τὸ πλέον· (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 8 7:6)

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