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ἱερός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱερός ἱερά̄ ἱερόν

Structure: ἱερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Connected with the gods, supernatural
  2. holy, sacred, consecrated
  3. Under divine protection

Examples

  • ὥστε ἐπεὶ μηδὲν ἄλλο τούτου φὴσ ἔχειν εἰπεῖν ἱερώτερον, ἀπίωμεν ἤδη. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 51:12)
  • "ἐκείνου δ’ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν ἔργον ἱερώτερον οὐδ’ ἅμιλλαν ἑτέραν οὐδ’ ἀγῶνα θεῷ πρέπειν μᾶλλον ἐφορᾶν καὶ βραβεύειν ἢ τὴν περὶ τοὺσ καλοὺσ καὶ ὡραίουσ ἐπιμέλειαν τῶν ἐρώντων καὶ δίωξιν· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 15 1:9)
  • δίκην μὲν γὰρ καὶ Θέμιν καὶ Νέμεσιν καὶ τὰσ καλουμένασ παρ’ Ἕλλησιν Ἐρινύασ καὶ ὅσα τούτοισ ὅμοια ὑπὸ τῶν πρότερον ἀποχρώντωσ ἐκτεθειῶσθαί τε καὶ καθωσιῶσθαι ἐνόμισε, Πίστιν δέ, ἧσ οὔτε μεῖζον οὔτε ἱερώτερον πάθοσ ἐν ἀνθρώποισ οὐδέν, οὔπω σεβασμῶν τυγχάνειν οὔτ’ ἐν τοῖσ κοινοῖσ τῶν πόλεων πράγμασιν οὔτ’ ἐν τοῖσ ἰδίοισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 75 3:1)
  • τί γάρ ἐστιν ἱερώτερον τιμῆσ ἢ χάριτοσ; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 48:1)
  • νῦν καὶ τὸ Δήμητροσ πῦρ λαμπρότερον καὶ ἱερώτερον. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 12:4)

Synonyms

  1. holy

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