4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἱερήν:
ἱερά (serpent): fem acc sg (epic ionic)
ἱερή: fem acc sg (epic ionic)
ἱερός (filled with): fem acc sg (epic ionic)
LSJ entries
ἱερά
ἱερά
,
ἡ
,
a
kind
of
A.
serpent
,
v.l.
for
ἱερόν,
Arist. HA 607a31
.
II.
a
name
for
many
medicines
in
the
Greek
pharmacopoeia,
Gal.
13.126,
al.;
of
a
plaster,
ib.778;
esp.
of
aloes,
Id.
6.354;
ἱερὰ
πικρά
Id.
13.129.
III.
v.
ἱερός.
ἱερή
ἱερή
,
ἡ
,
A.
=
ἱέρεια,
AP 7.733
(
Diotim.
,
nisi
leg.
ἱερῆ
):
Att.
ἱερά
Pl.
ap.
AB
100.
ἱερός
ἱερός
(v.
sub
fin.),
ά
,
όν
,
also
ός
,
όν
in
the
phrase
ἱερὸς
ἀκτή
Hes. Op. 597
,
805
,
Orac.
ap.
Hdt. 8.77
:
Ion.
and
poet.
ἱρός
,
ή
,
όν
(v.
sub
fin.):
Dor.
and
N.
Greek
ἱᾰρός
IG
22.1126.20,
etc.:
Aeol.
ἶρος
Sapph. Supp. 23.25
,
Alc.
Supp.
8.4,
but
ἴαρος
(corr.
from
ἴερ-
)
Sapph. Supp. 20a
.
6
:
Sup.
ἱερώτατος
Ar. Eq. 582
(lyr.),
Pl. Lg. 755e
.
I.
filled
with
or
manifesting
divine
power,
supernatural
,
ἱ.
ἲς
Τηλεμάχοιο
Od. 2.409
,
al.;
ἱ.
μένος
Ἀλκινόοιο
8.421
,
etc.;
ἄλφιτον,
ἀλωαί
,
Il. 11.631
,
5.499
;
Δημήτερος
ἱερὸς
ἀκτή
Hes.
Op.
ll.c.;
of
natural
objects
or
phenomena,
rivers,
Od. 10.351
,
Il. 11.726
,
E. Med. 410
(lyr.);
λιβάς
,
of
the
Spercheus,
S. Ph. 1215
(lyr.);
ἱεραὶ
βῆσσαι
Κίρκης
‘faery’,
Od. 10.275
;
ἱ.
ἦμαρ,
κνέφας
,
Il. 8.66
,
11.194
;
φάος
Hes. Op. 339
;
ἱερὸς
δίφρος
(where
δ.
perh.=
ἵπποι
)
Il. 17.464
;
after
Hom.
,
ἱ.
χεῦμα
θαλάσσης
A. Fr. 192
(anap.);
ἱ.
κῦμα
E. Hipp. 1206
,
cf.
Cyc. 265
;
ὄμβρος
S. OT 1428
;
δρόσοι
E. Ion 117
(lyr.);
ὕπνος
,
of
death,
Call. Epigr. 11
;
ἔστι
μὲν
οὐδὲν
ἱ
.
no
great
matter,
Theoc. 5.22
.
II.
of
divine
things,
holy
,
ἱεροῖς
ἐν
δώμασι
Κίρκης
Od. 10.426
;
ἱ.
γένος
ἀθανάτων
Hes. Th. 21
;
λέχος
,
of
Zeus,
ib.
57
;
δόσις
the
gift
of
God
,
ib.
93
;
πόλεμος
holy
war,
‘
crusade
’,
Ar. Av. 556
,
etc.
2.
of
earthly
things,
hallowed,
consecrated
,
βωμοί
Il. 2.305
;
ἱ.
δόμος
,
of
the
temple
of
Athena,
6.89
;
ἱ.
ἑκατόμβη
1.99
,
431
,
etc.;
ἐλαίη
Od. 13.372
;
χοαί
S. OC 469
,
etc.;
ἱρὰ
γράμματα
hieroglyphics
,
Hdt. 2.36
;
but
ἱ.
γράμματα
of
the
Holy
Scriptures,
2
Ep.Tim.
3.15
;
ἱ.
βύβλοι
OGI
56.70
(Canopus,
iii
B.C.
);
ἱ.
ἄγαλμα,
τρίπους
,
S. OT 1379
,
E. Ion 512
,
etc.;
χρήματα
Pl. R. 568d
,
etc.;
ἱ.
τὸ
σῶμα
τῷ
θεῷ
δίδωμʼ
ἔχειν
E. Ion 1285
;
ἱ.
σώματα
,
of
ἱερόδουλοι
,
Str. 6.2.6
;
χῆνες
Plu.
2.325c
;
of
animals
regarded
as
‘taboo’,
[
κριοί]
εἰσί
σφι
ἱ.
διὰ
τοῦτο
Hdt. 2.42
;
so
perh.
ἱ.
ἰχθύς
Il. 16.407
;
of
the
Roman
Tribunes,=
Lat.
sacrosanctus
,
ἱ.
καὶ
ἄσυλος
Plu. TG 15
,
etc.;
of
Augustus,
Mon.Anc.Gr.
5.17;
ἱ.
νόμος
law
of
sacrifice
,
D. 21.35
,
cf.
SIG
685.81
(ii
B.C.)
;
ἱ.
λόγος
legend
,
Hdt. 2.81
,
etc.;
οἱ
παλαιοὶ
καὶ
ἱ.
λόγοι
Pl. Ep. 335a
;
ἱ.
γάμος
mystical
marriage,
a
religious
ceremony,
Men. 320
,
Phot.
s.v.;
opp.
βέβηλος
,
as
sacred
to
profane
,
D.H. 7.8
,
AB
223;
but
more
freq.
ἱ.
καὶ
ὅσιος
Th. 2.52
,
X. Vect. 5.4
,
etc.;
cf.
ὅσιος
.
3.
under
divine
protection
,
freq.
of
places,
Ἴλιος
Il. 5.648
,
Alc.
Supp.
8.4;
Πύλος
Od. 21.108
;
Θήβη
Sapph. Supp. 20a
.
6
;
Τροίης
ἱερὸν
πτολίεθρον,
Τροίης
ἱερὰ
κρήδεμνα
,
Od. 1.2
,
Il. 16.100
;
Ἀθῆναι
Od. 11.323
,
cf.
Pi. Fr. 75
,
S. Aj. 1221
(lyr.),
Ps.-Orac.
ap.
Ar. Eq. 1037
;
Σούνιον
ἱρόν
Od. 3.278
;
ἱ.
κύκλος
the
judgeʼs
seat
under
the
protection
of
Zeus
,
Il. 18.504
:
with
gen.
of
the
divinity,
ἄλσος
ἱρὸν
Ἀθηναίης,
ἄντρον
ἱρὸν
νυμφάων
,
Od. 6.322
,
13.104
,
cf.
Hdt. 1.80
,
2.41
,
Ar. Pl. 937
,
X. An. 5.3.13
,
etc.;
γῆ
καὶ
ἑστία
ἱερὰ
πᾶσι
πάντων
θεῶν
Pl. Lg. 955e
;
χωρίον
ὡς
-ώτατον
ib.
755e
,
cf.
Ti. 45a
;
with
gen.
of
a
human
being,
Γναθίου
.
.
ἱ.
εἰμι
IG
12.920.
b.
of
persons,
φυλάκων
ἱ.
τέλος
Il. 10.56
;
ἱ.
πυλαωροί
24.681
;
στρατός
Od. 24.81
;
βασιλέες
Pi. P. 5.97
;
ἱ.
εὐσεβής
τε
,
of
Oedipus,
S. OC 287
;
ἅνθρωπος
ἱ
.
initiated
,
Ar. Ra. 652
;
c.
gen.
of
a
divinity,
deuoted,
dedicated
,
E. Alc. 75
,
Pl. Phd. 85b
.
c.
under
the
Roman
Empire,=
sacer,
imperial
,
ἐκ
τῶν
ἱερῶν
τοῦ
Καίσαρος
γραμμάτων
IGRom.
4.571
(Aezani,
ii
A.D.
);
ὁ
-ώτατος
φίσκος,
τὸ
-ώτατον
ταμιεῖον
,
ib.3.727
(
Lycia
),
SIG
888.10
(Scaptopara,
iii
A.D.
),
etc.;
τὸ
-ώτατον
βῆμα
(of
the
praefectus
Aegypti
),
PHamb. 4.8
(i
A.D.)
:
generally,
worshipful
,
ἱ.
σύνοδος
OGI
713.9
(Egypt,
iii
A.D.
),
etc.
III.
as
Subst.
,
1.
ἱερά
,
Ion.
ἱρά
,
τά
,
offerings,
victims
,
ἱερὰ
ῥέξας
Il. 1.147
,
etc.;
ἔρδειν
Hes. Op. 336
;
διδόναι
Od. 16.184
;
ἀλλʼ
ὅ
γε
δέκτο
μὲν
ἱρά
Il. 2.420
,
cf.
23.207
:
less
freq.
in
sg.,
ὄφρʼ
ἱρὸν
ἑτοιμασσαίατʼ
Ἀθήνῃ
10.571
;
θῦσαι
ἱρά
Hdt. 1.59
,
8.54
,
etc.;
θυσίας
καὶ
ἱρὰ
ποιέειν
Id. 2.63
;
αἴθειν
S. Ph. 1033
;
ἱ.
πατρῷα
A. Th. 1015
;
ἱ.
ἐπιχώρια
Democr. 259
.
b.
after
Hom.
,
omens
afforded
by
sacrifice
,
τὰ
ἱρὰ
οὐ
προεχώρεε
χρηστά
Hdt. 5.44
;
τὰ
ἱερὰ
καλὰ
[ἦν
]
X. An. 1.8.15
;
simply
οὐκ
ἐγίγνετο
τὰ
ἱ
.
ib.
2.2.3
.
c.
generally,
sacred
objects
or
rites
,
Hdt. 1.172
,
4.33
;
τῶν
ὑμετέρων
ἱ.
καὶ
κοινῶν
μετεῖχον
D. 57.3
;
of
cult-images,
IG
Rom.
3.800
(syllium).
2.
after
Hom.
,
ἱερόν
,
Ion.
ἱρόν
,
τό
,
holy
place
,
Hdt. 5.119
,al.;
opp.
νηός
,
Id. 2.170
,
cf.
Th. 4.90
,
5.18
;
freq.
of
a
temple
,
ἔστι
δὲ
ἐν
τῷ
τεμένεϊ
.
.
ἱρόν
κτλ
.
Hdt. 2.112
;
of
the
Jewish
temple,
LXX 1 Ch. 29.4
,
Plb. 16.39.4
,
Str. 16.2.34
,
Ev.Matt. 24.1
.
3.
ἱερὸν
τῆς
δίκης
a
sacred
principle
of
right,
E. Hel. 1002
.
4.
ἱερός
,
ὁ
(sc.
μήν
),
name
of
month
at
Delos,
IG
12.377.22, 11(2).203
A
31
(iii
B.C.)
.
5.
ἱεροί,
οἱ
,
members
of
a
religious
college
or
guild,
ib.5(1).1390.1,
al.
(Andania,
i
B.C.
),
prob.
in
SIG
1010.7 (
Chalcedon
),
etc.;
also
of
women,
ἱεραί
,
αἱ
,
IG
5(1).
l.c.,
cf.
1511 (
Sparta
).
b.
=
ἱερόδουλος,
ib.
1356
(Messenia,
V
B.C.),
Inscr.Perg.
572,
GDI
5702.39 (
Samos
).
IV.
special
phrases,
post-
Hom.
,
1.
prov.,
ἱ.
ἄγκυρα
oneʼs
last
hope
,
Plu.
2.815d,
Luc. JTr. 51
,
Fug. 13
,
Poll. 1.93
,
Gal.
11.182.
2.
ἱ.
βόλος
,
name
of
a
throw
at
dice,
Eub. 57.1
.
3.
ἱ.
βοτάνη
,
v.
βοτάνη.
4.
ἱ
.
(sc.
γραμμή
)
(cf.
γραμμή
III.1),
last
line
of
draught-board,
κινήσαις
τὸν
ἀπʼ
ἴρας
.
.
λίθον
Alc. 82
,
cf.
Epich. 225
,
Sophr. 127
;
τὴν
ἀφʼ
ἱερᾶς
(v.l.
τὴν
ἱεράν)
Plu. Cor. 32
.
5.
ἱ.
ἰχθύς
,=
ἀνθίας
,
Arist. HA 620b35
,
cf.
Ath. 7.282e
,
Plu.
2.981d.
6.
ἱ.
λόχος
,
v.
λόχος.
7.
ἱερά
(sc.
νίκη
),
ἡ
,
drawn
contest,
dead
heat
(because
the
prize
was
assigned
to
the
god),
SIG
1073.48 (
Olymp.
);
ποιῆσαι
ἱεράν
,
of
the
competitor,
Wood
Ephesus,
App.
vi
p.70;
so
ἱ.
ἀθλήματα
Inscr.Olymp.
56;
ἱερὸς
ὁ
στέφανος
ἐκρίθη
IG
9(2).525 (
Larissa
);
τὸ
παγκράτιον
ἱ.
ἐγένετο
ib.527
(ibid.);
ἱερός
(sc.
ἀγών
)
ib.7.2727.19,
24
(Acraeph.):
metaph.,
ἱερὸν
ποιῆσαι
τὸν
στέφανον
‘divide
the
honours’,
Plb. 1.58.5
,
29.8.9
.
8.
ἱ.
νόσος
epilepsy
,
Hdt. 3.33
,
Hp.
Morb.
Sacr.
tit.,
Thphr. HP 9.11.3
,
etc.,
cf.
Call. Aet. 3.1.14
:
metaph.,
τὴν
οἴησιν
ἱ.
νόσον
ἔλεγε
Heraclit. 46
( =
Epicur. Fr. 224
).
9.
ἡ
ἱ.
ὁδός
the
sacred
road
to
Delphi,
Hdt. 6.34
;
also,
from
Athens
to
Eleusis,
Cratin. 61
,
Paus. 1.36.3
,
Harp.
s.v.;
and
that
from
Elis
to
Olympia,
Paus. 5.25.7
.
10.
ἱ.
ὀστέον
,
os
sacrum
,
the
last
bone
of
the
spine,
Hp. Art. 45
,
Plu.
2.981d,
Gal. UP 5.8
,
etc.
11.
ἱ.
συμβουλή
sacred
duty
of
an
adviser
,
Pl. Ep. 321c
,
X. An. 5.6.4
,
cf.
Pl. Thg. 122b
,
Luc. Rh.Pr. 1
.
12.
ἱ.
σῦριγξ
spinal
canal
,
Poll. 2.180
.
13.
ἱερὰ
τριήρης
,
of
the
Delian
ship,
or
one
of
the
state-ships
(Salaminia
or
Paralos),
D. 4.34
.
14.
freq.
in
geographical
names,
e.g.
ἱ
ἄκρα
,
in
Lycia,
Str. 14.3.8
;
ἱ.
ἀκρωτήριον
,
in
Spain,
Cape
St.
Vincent
,
Id. 2.4.3
;
ἱ.
κώμη
,
in
Lydia,
Plb. 16.1.8
;
ἱ.
νῆσος
,
one
of
the
Liparean
group,
Th. 3.88
;
one
of
the
insulae
Aegates
,
Plb. 1.60.3
.
V.
Adv.
-ρῶς
holily
,
ἀποθανεῖν
v.l.
in
Plu. Lyc. 27
. [
ῐ
by
nature,
but
sts.
ῑ
in
Ep.
,
esp.
in
endings
of
hexameters,
ἱ.
ἰχθύς,
ἱ.
ἦμαρ,
ἱερὰ
ῥέξας,
ἀλφίτου
ἱεροῦ
ἀκτή
,
Il. 16.407
,
8.66
,
1.147
,
11.631
;
ῑερόν
in
the
first
foot
of
a
hex.,
Theoc. 5.22
;
also
in
compds.
ἱεραγωγός,
ἱεροθαλλής,
ἱερόφωνος
:
ῑ
always
in
contr.
form
ἱρός
wh.
is
used
in
Ep.
,
Hdt.
,
and
some
Ion.
inscrr.,
as
IG
12(8).265.9 (
Thasos
),
cf.
Semon. 7.56
,
Herod. 4.79
,
al.,
but
is
rarely
found
in
codd.
of
Hp.
(never
in
Heraclit.
or
Democr.
);
also
in
Trag.,
A. Th. 268
,
etc.,
but
never
required
by
metre
in
lyr.
of
Com.]