ἱερεύς

ἱερ-εύς [ῐ], έως, [dialect] Ion. -ῆος, Cypr.

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-ῆϝος Inscr.Cypr.59

H., ὁ, [dialect] Att. pl. ἱερῆς: gen. sg. and pl. written ἱερείως, ἱερείων, PStrassb.83.2,9 (ii B.C.):—[dialect] Ion. nom. [full] ἱρεύς Il.5.10, 16.604, Od.9.198: [dialect] Dor. [full] ἱᾰρεύς IG 4.1182, al. (gen. ἰαρέος ib.1580); acc. pl.

τὸς ἱαρές Schwyzer 236

([place name] Cyrene); nom. pl. οἱ ἱαρές ibid.; nom. sg.

ἱαρές GDI4846

([place name] Cyrene):— also [full] ἱέρεως ([dialect] Att. and proparox. acc. to Choerob. in Theod.1.253) SIG1037.4 (Milet., iv/iii B.C.); gen.

ἱέρεω IPE12.32A23

, al. (Olbia, iii B.C.); dat.

ἵρεῳ Schwyzer692

(Chios, v. B.C.); acc.

ἱέρεω Milet. 1(7).203b3

(ii B.C.): [full] ἱερής IG5(2).115.1 (Tegea, iv/iii B.C.), cf. Inscr.Cypr.100 H.:—Arc. [full] ἱαρής IG5(2).13.10 (iii B.C.): acc. ἱερήν ib.3.1 (Tegea, iv B.C.): ([etym.] ἱερός):—priest, sacrificer, diviner, Il.1.62, 16.604, Pi.P.2.17, Hdt.2.2, And.1.124, etc.; ἐφ' ἱερέως, as a date, SIG332.1 (Potidaea, iv/iii B.C.), etc. (freq. unaspirated,

ἐπ' ἰερέως IG12(1).890

, etc. ([place name] Rhodes)); of the Jewish High Priest, D.S.34/5.1;

ἱ. ὁ μέγας LXXLe.21.10

, Ph.2.591;

ἱ. ὁ χριστός LXXLe.4.5

; at Rome, = pontifex, Mon.Anc.Gr.6.9; ἱ. ὁ μέγιστος, = pont. maximus, D.S.27.2.

2 metaph., ἱ. τις ἄτας a minister of woe, A.Ag.735 (lyr.); comically,

λεπτοτάτων λήρων ἱερεῦ Ar.Nu.359

; ἱ. Διονύσου, of a winebibber, Eup.19;

ἱ. φιλοσοφίας Lib.Or.52.42

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