Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἱεροποιός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱεροποιός ἱεροποιόν

Structure: ἱεροποι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poie/w

Sense

  1. managing sacred rites, ten magistrates, who saw that the victims were perfect

Examples

  • ὦ κάλλιστοσ μὲν αὐτοὶ χορὸσ τῷ πατρὶ, πολλοὺσ δὲ ἀνάγοντεσ παρὰ ἀνθρώπων, χοροποιοὶ μακρῷ πάντων ἄριστοι, καὶ προσέτι ἱεροποιοί τε καὶ ἐπιστάται κρατήρων καὶ χαρίτων ἁπασῶν, αἱ μὲν ἄλλαι θυσίαι τε καὶ ἑορταὶ νόμῳ καθεστᾶσιν, ὡσ εἰπεῖν, αἱ δ’ ἀφ’ ὑμῶν καὶ τοῦ περὶ ὑμᾶσ ἐργαστηρίου πλεῖσται μὲν ἐφ’ ἡμέρᾳ καὶ πρὸσ ἁπάσασ τὰσ ἄλλασ, καθαρῶσ δὲ ἀπὸ καρδίασ ἔρχονται, τὴν εὐθυμίαν ἀφ’ ὧν σύνισμεν φέρουσαι, ὑμῶν ἴχνη πλεῖστα καὶ φανερώτατα. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:3)
  • βάρδοι μὲν ὑμνηταὶ καὶ ποιηταί, ὀυάτεισ δὲ ἱεροποιοὶ καὶ φυσιολόγοι, δρυί̈δαι δὲ πρὸσ τῇ φυσιολογίᾳ καὶ τὴν ἠθικὴν φιλοσοφίαν ἀσκοῦσι· (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 4 8:2)
  • ἐκεῖ μὲν οὖν οὐδεὶσ ἡμῖν ἐδείκνυτο τῆσ τοιαύτησ ἀσκήσεωσ προεστώσ, ἀλλ’ οἱ ἱεροποιοὶ μόνον καὶ ἐξηγηταὶ τοῖσ ξένοισ τῶν περὶ τὰ ἱερά. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 57:4)

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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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