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ἱερός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱερός ἱερά̄ ἱερόν

Structure: ἱερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

Connected with the gods, supernatural
holy, sacred, consecrated
Under divine protection

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἱερός	ἱερᾱ́	ἱερόν
	Genitive	ἱεροῦ	ἱερᾶς	ἱεροῦ
	Dative	ἱερῷ	ἱερᾷ	ἱερῷ
	Accusative	ἱερόν	ἱερᾱ́ν	ἱερόν
	Vocative	ἱερέ	ἱερᾱ́	ἱερόν
Dual	N/A/V	ἱερώ	ἱερᾱ́	ἱερώ
Dual	G/D	ἱεροῖν	ἱεραῖν	ἱεροῖν
Plural	Nominative	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

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

holy
- ἁγνός (holy, sacred)
- ἅγιος (Of things: sacred, holy)
- θεῖος (belonging or sacred to a god, holy)

ἱερόν (holy place)
νάω (I flow)
νᾱός (a temple)
τέμενος (a piece of ground cut or marked off)
ἱερά (serpent)
Ἐφέσια (the feast of Ephesian Artemis)
βωμός (any raised platform)
πρόναος (before a temple)
ἄσυλος (safe from violence)
ἄλσος (a grove)
ἡρῷος (the heroic measure)
ἡρῷον (the temple or chapel of a hero)
χαλκίοικος (dwelling in a brasen house)
μουσεῖον (a home of music or poetry)
Μούσειος (of or belonging to the Muses)
σύμβωμος (worshipped on a common altar)
Λυκαῖος (Lycaean)
ἄγαλμα (a glory)
ὀπισθόδομος (the back chamber or inner cell)
ἄδυτος (Not to be entered)
ἄδυτον (innermost sanctuary)
ἀπαντικρύ (right opposite)
περίβολος (going round)
θυηπόλος (busy about sacrifices)
θριγκός (the topmost course of stones in a wall)
περιρραντήριον (an utensil for besprinkling)
Δελφίνιον (a temple of Apollo)
Ἑλλήνιος (Greek)
λαφύστιος (gluttonous)
σηκός (a pen)

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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holy

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