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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἱερός ἱερᾱ́ ἱερόν
Genitive ἱεροῦ ἱερᾶς ἱεροῦ
Dative ἱερῷ ἱερᾷ ἱερῷ
Accusative ἱερόν ἱερᾱ́ν ἱερόν
Vocative ἱερέ ἱερᾱ́ ἱερόν
DualN/A/V ἱερώ ἱερᾱ́ ἱερώ
G/D ἱεροῖν ἱεραῖν ἱεροῖν
PluralNominative ἱεροί ἱεραί ἱερά
Genitive ἱερῶν ἱερῶν ἱερῶν
Dative ἱεροῖς ἱεραῖς ἱεροῖς
Accusative ἱερούς ἱερᾱ́ς ἱερά
Vocative ἱεροί ἱεραί ἱερά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἱερός ἱεροῦ ἱερώτερος ἱερωτεροῦ ἱερώτατος ἱερωτατοῦ
Adverb ἱερώς ἱερώτερον ἱερώτατα

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

  • ὅθεν δὴ μῆκοσ τὸ σῶμα ἔσχεν, ἐκτατά τε κῶλα καὶ καμπτὰ ἔφυσεν τέτταρα θεοῦ μηχανησαμένου πορείαν, οἷσ ἀντιλαμβανόμενον καὶ ἀπερειδόμενον διὰ πάντων τόπων πορεύεσθαι δυνατὸν γέγονε, τὴν τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ ἱερωτάτου φέρον οἴκησιν ἐπάνωθεν ἡμῶν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 172:1)

Synonyms

  1. holy

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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