ἱερός

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Alternative spellings

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ish₂ros. There are a number of candidate cognates with this word. Compare Sanskrit इषिर (iṣirá) and Oscan 𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌖𐌔𐌉𐌔 (aisusis).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [hiːerós]
  • (Koine): IPA: [hiːɛrˈo̞s]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [ierˈos]

[edit] Adjective

ἱερός m., ἱερά f., ἱερόν n.; first/second declension; (hieros)

  1. Connected with the gods, supernatural
  2. holy, sacred, consecrated
  3. Under divine protection

[edit] Inflection

    First and second declension of ἱερός, ἱερά, ἱερόν
Number Singular Dual Plural
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
Adverb: ἱερῶς

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