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ἱερός
ἱερός
See also: ιερός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Adjective
ἱερός • (hierós) m (feminine ἱερᾱ́, neuter ἱερόν); first/second declension
- Connected with the gods, supernatural
- holy, sacred, consecrated
- Under divine protection
Usage notes
The ι is generally short in ἱερός (hierós), but sometimes lengthened for the sake of meter in poetry: ῑ̔ερός (hīerós). The contracted form ῑ̔ρός (hīrós) always has long ῑ.
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | ἱερός | ἱερᾱ́ | ἱερόν | ἱερώ | ἱερᾱ́ | ἱερώ | ἱεροί | ἱεραί | ἱερᾰ́ | ||||
| Genitive | ἱεροῦ | ἱερᾶς | ἱεροῦ | ἱεροῖν | ἱεραῖν | ἱεροῖν | ἱερῶν | ἱερῶν | ἱερῶν | ||||
| Dative | ἱερῷ | ἱερᾷ | ἱερῷ | ἱεροῖν | ἱεραῖν | ἱεροῖν | ἱεροῖς | ἱεραῖς | ἱεροῖς | ||||
| Accusative | ἱερόν | ἱερᾱ́ν | ἱερόν | ἱερώ | ἱερᾱ́ | ἱερώ | ἱερούς | ἱερᾱ́ς | ἱερᾰ́ | ||||
| Vocative | ἱερέ | ἱερᾱ́ | ἱερόν | ἱερώ | ἱερᾱ́ | ἱερώ | ἱεροί | ἱεραί | ἱερᾰ́ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| ἱερῶς | ἱερώτερος | ἱερώτᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | ῑ̔ρός | ῑ̔ρή | ῑ̔ρόν | ῑ̔ρώ | ῑ̔ρᾱ́ | ῑ̔ρώ | ῑ̔ροί | ῑ̔ραί | ῑ̔ρᾰ́ | ||||
| Genitive | ῑ̔ροῦ / ῑ̔ροῖο / ῑ̔ρόο | ῑ̔ρῆς | ῑ̔ροῦ / ῑ̔ροῖο / ῑ̔ρόο | ῑ̔ροῖῐν | ῑ̔ραῖ(ῐ)ν or ῑ̔ρῇῐν | ῑ̔ροῖῐν | ῑ̔ρῶν | ῑ̔ρᾱ́ων / ῑ̔ρέων / ῑ̔ρῶν | ῑ̔ρῶν | ||||
| Dative | ῑ̔ρῷ | ῑ̔ρῇ | ῑ̔ρῷ | ῑ̔ροῖῐν | ῑ̔ραῖ(ῐ)ν or ῑ̔ρῇῐν | ῑ̔ροῖῐν | ῑ̔ροῖσῐ / ῑ̔ροῖς | ῑ̔ρῇσῐ / ῑ̔́ρῇς / ῑ̔́ραῖς | ῑ̔ροῖσῐ / ῑ̔ροῖς | ||||
| Accusative | ῑ̔ρόν | ῑ̔ρήν | ῑ̔ρόν | ῑ̔ρώ | ῑ̔ρᾱ́ | ῑ̔ρώ | ῑ̔ρούς | ῑ̔ρᾱ́ς | ῑ̔ρᾰ́ | ||||
| Vocative | ῑ̔ρέ | ῑ̔ρή | ῑ̔ρόν | ῑ̔ρώ | ῑ̔ρᾱ́ | ῑ̔ρώ | ῑ̔ροί | ῑ̔ραί | ῑ̔ρᾰ́ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| ῑ̔ρῶς | ῑ̔ρότερος | ῑ̔ρότᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: hiero-
- French: hiéro-
- Greek: ιερο-
References
- ἱερός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱερός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «ἱερός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- «ἱερός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἱερός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “G2413”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- «ἱερός» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blessed idem, page 83.
- consecrated idem, page 162.
- devoted idem, page 221.
- hallowed idem, page 381.
- holy idem, page 403.
- inviolable idem, page 457.
- sacred idem, page 728.
- secular idem, page 747.
- spiritual idem, page 802.