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ἱεροφάντης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱεροφάντης

Structure: ἱεροφαντ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: fai/nw

Sense

  1. a hierophant, one who teaches the rites of sacrifice and worship, Pontifex Maximus

Declension

First 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

  • "Θεσσαλὸσ Κίμωνοσ Λακιάδησ Ἀλκιβιάδην Κλεινίου Σκαμβωνίδην εἰσήγγειλεν ἀδικεῖν περὶ τὼ θεώ, τὴν Δήμητραν καὶ τὴν Κόρην, ἀπομιμούμενον τὰ μυστήρια καὶ δεικνύοντα τοῖσ αὑτοῦ ἑταίροισ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ, ἔχοντα στολὴν οἱάνπερ ὁ ἱεροφάντησ ἔχων δεικνύει τὰ ἱερά, καὶ ὀνομάζοντα αὑτὸν μὲν ἱεροφάντην, Πουλυτίωνα δὲ δᾳδοῦχον, κήρυκα δὲ Θεόδωρον Φηγαιᾶ, τοὺσ δ’ ἄλλουσ ἑταίρουσ μύστασ προσαγορεύοντα καὶ ἐπόπτασ παρὰ τὰ νόμιμα καὶ τὰ καθεστηκότα ὑπό τε Εὐμολπιδῶν καὶ Κηρύκων καὶ τῶν ἱερέων τῶν ἐξ Ἐλευσῖνοσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 22 3:2)
  • ὥσπερ γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ μυστηρίοισ ὁ ἱεροφάντησ οὐχ ἅπαξ προαγορεύει τοῖσ μυουμένοισ ἕκαστον ὧν χρή, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ τοὺσ ὑπὲρ τῶν συμφερόντων λόγουσ ὥσπερ τινὰ πρόρρησιν ἱερὰν λυσιτελεῖ πολλάκισ, μᾶλλον δὲ ἀεὶ λέγεσθαι. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 8:2)
  • ἐκεῖ ἱεροφάντησ· (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 13:2)
  • ὁ δέ γ’ ἱεροφάντησ τοῖσ ἀμυήτοισ λέγει <τὰ μυστήρια>· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. z'. XRGSIPPOS 8:6)
  • ἀσεβεῖ ἄρα ὁ ἱεροφάντησ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. z'. XRGSIPPOS 8:7)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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