ἱερός
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Ancient Greek [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ish₂ros. There are a number of candidate cognates with this word. Compare Sanskrit इषिर (iṣirá) and Oscan 𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌔𐌉𐌔 (aisusis).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hi͜i.erós/
- (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hiːɛrós/
- (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ierós/
- (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ierós/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ieɾós/
Adjective [edit]
ἱερός m, ἱερά f, ἱερόν n; first/second declension; (hieros)
- Connected with the gods, supernatural
- holy, sacred, consecrated
- Under divine protection
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||
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| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Nominative | ἱερός | ἱερά | ἱερόν | ἱερώ | ἱερά | ἱερώ | ἱεροί | ἱεραί | ἱερά | |||
| Genitive | ἱεροῦ | ἱερᾶς | ἱεροῦ | ἱεροῖν | ἱεραῖν | ἱεροῖν | ἱερῶν | ἱερῶν | ἱερῶν | |||
| Dative | ἱερῷ | ἱερᾷ | ἱερῷ | ἱεροῖν | ἱεραῖν | ἱεροῖν | ἱεροῖς | ἱεραῖς | ἱεροῖς | |||
| Accusative | ἱερόν | ἱεράν | ἱερόν | ἱερώ | ἱερά | ἱερώ | ἱερούς | ἱεράς | ἱερά | |||
| Vocative | ἱερέ | ἱερά | ἱερόν | ἱερώ | ἱερά | ἱερώ | ἱεροί | ἱεραί | ἱερά | |||
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Descendants [edit]
- English: hiero-
References [edit]
- LSJ
- BDAG
- Strong’s concordance number: G2413