Ἱέρων

See also: ιερών and ἱερῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱερόν (hierón, “holy place; temple”) +‎ -ων (-ōn), the neuter substantive of ἱερός (hierós, “holy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.é.rɔːn/ → /iˈe.ron/ → /iˈe.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.é.rɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈe.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈe.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈe.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈe.ron/

Proper noun

Ἱέρων • (Hiérōn) m (genitive Ἱέρωνος); third declension

1. a male given name: Hiero

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἱέρων; τοῦ Ἱέρωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἱέρων ho Hiérōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἱέρωνος toû Hiérōnos
Dative	τῷ Ἱέρωνῐ tôi Hiérōni
Accusative	τὸν Ἱέρωνᾰ tòn Hiérōna
Vocative	Ἱέρων Hiérōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιέρων (Iéron)
• Italian: Gerone
• Latin: Hierō; Hieron
• Sicilian: Jiruni, Giruni

References

• “Ἱέρων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013