ἱερός
ἱερός
.ἱερός, ά, όν
super-human, mighty, divine, wonderful, Hom.; often like θεσπέσιος, to express wonder or admiration, ἱερὸν τέλος, ἱερὸς στρατός a glorious band, Hom.; ἱερὸς δίφρος a splendid chariot, Il.; οὐχ ἱερόν no mighty matter! Theocr.
holy, hallowed, Lat. sacer, Hom., etc.; ἱερὸς πόλεμος a holy war, Ar., etc.: ἱρὰ γράμματα, ἱερογλυφικά, Hdt.; ἱερὸν τὸ σῶμα διδόναι, of one dedicated to a god, Eur.; ἱερὸς νόμος the law of sacrifice, Dem.; of the Roman Tribunes, to express sacrosanctus, Plut.; for ἱερὰ καὶ ὅσια, v. ὅσιος.
of kings, heroes, etc., from a notion of "the divinity that doth hedge a king,"Pind., Soph.
as Subst.,
ἱερά, Ionic ἱρά, τά, offerings, sacrifices, victims, ἱερὰ ῥέζειν, Lat. sacra facere, operari, Il.; ἔρδειν Hes.; θῦσαι Hdt.:—after Hom. the inwards of the victim, the auspices, τὰ ἱερὰ καλὰ ἦν Xen.; or, simply, τὰ ἱερὰ γίγνεται Xen.:—generally, sacred things or rites, Lat. sacra, Hdt.
ἱερόν, Ionic ἱρόν, τό, a temple, holy place, Hdt., Attic
ἱρὸν τῆς δίκης a sacred principle of right, Eur.
special phrases:
ἱερὸς λόχος, v. λόχος 1. 4.
ἱερὰ νόσος the awful disease, epilepsy, Hdt.
ἡ ἱ. ὁδός the sacred road to Delphi, Hdt.
ἡ ἱερά (sc. τριήρης) , of the Delian ship, or one of the state-ships (Salaminia or Paralos), Dem.
Ἱερὰ νῆσος, one of the Liparean group, Thuc.
adv. -ρῶς, holily, Plut.
Headword (normalized):
ἱερός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ιερος
Intro Text:
ἱερός
.ἱερός, ά, όν
super-human, mighty, divine, wonderful, Hom.; often like θεσπέσιος, to express wonder or admiration, ἱερὸν τέλος, ἱερὸς στρατός a glorious band, Hom.; ἱερὸς δίφρος a splendid chariot, Il.; οὐχ ἱερόν no mighty matter! Theocr.
holy, hallowed, Lat. sacer, Hom., etc.; ἱερὸς πόλεμος a holy war, Ar., etc.: ἱρὰ γράμματα, ἱερογλυφικά, Hdt.; ἱερὸν τὸ σῶμα διδόναι, of one dedicated to a god, Eur.; ἱερὸς νόμος the law of sacrifice, Dem.; of the Roman Tribunes, to express sacrosanctus, Plut.; for ἱερὰ καὶ ὅσια, v. ὅσιος.
of kings, heroes, etc., from a notion of "the divinity that doth hedge a king,"Pind., Soph.
as Subst.,
ἱερά, Ionic ἱρά, τά, offerings, sacrifices, victims, ἱερὰ ῥέζειν, Lat. sacra facere, operari, Il.; ἔρδειν Hes.; θῦσαι Hdt.:—after Hom. the inwards of the victim, the auspices, τὰ ἱερὰ καλὰ ἦν Xen.; or, simply, τὰ ἱερὰ γίγνεται Xen.:—generally, sacred things or rites, Lat. sacra, Hdt.
ἱερόν, Ionic ἱρόν, τό, a temple, holy place, Hdt., Attic
ἱρὸν τῆς δίκης a sacred principle of right, Eur.
special phrases:
ἱερὸς λόχος, v. λόχος 1. 4.
ἱερὰ νόσος the awful disease, epilepsy, Hdt.
ἡ ἱ. ὁδός the sacred road to Delphi, Hdt.
ἡ ἱερά (sc. τριήρης) , of the Delian ship, or one of the state-ships (Salaminia or Paralos), Dem.
Ἱερὰ νῆσος, one of the Liparean group, Thuc.
adv. -ρῶς, holily, Plut.
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