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.:
ἱερός(v. sub fin.),ά,όν, alsoός,όνin the phrase
A.
ἱερὸς ἀκτή
Hes. Op. 597
, 805 , Orac. ap. Hdt. 8.77 : Ion. and poet.ἱρός,ή,όν(v. sub fin.): Dor. and N. Greekἱᾰρός
IG 22.1126.20 , etc.: Aeol.
ἶρος
Sapph. Supp. 23.25 , Alc. Supp. 8.4 , butἴαρος(corr. fromἴερ-) Sapph. Supp. 20a . 6 : Sup.
ἱερώτατος
Ar. Eq. 582
(lyr.), Pl. Lg. 755e .
I. filled withormanifesting 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.
Il.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(whereδ.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. nogreatmatter, 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 ;δόσιςthe giftof God, ib. 93 ;πόλεμος holywar, '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 ; butἱ. γράμματαof theHolyScriptures,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 δίδωμ' ἔχειν
E. Ion 1285
;ἱ. σώματα, ofἱερόδουλοι, 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. νόμοςlawof 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 mysticalmarriage, a religious ceremony, Men. 320 , Phot. s.v.; opp.βέβηλος, assacredtoprofane, 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. κύκλοςthe judge's seatunder 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 -ώτατονib. 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 thepraefectus Aegypti), PHamb. 4.8
(i A.D.): generally,worshipful, ἱ. σύνοδος
OGI 713.9
(Egypt,iii A.D.), etc.
III. asSubst.,
1. ἱερά, Ion.
ἱρά,τά,offerings, victims, ἱερὰ ῥέξας
Il. 1.147
, etc.; ἔρδειν
Hes. Op. 336
; διδόναι
Od. 16.184
; ἀλλ' ὅ γε δέκτο μὲν ἱρά
Il. 2.420
, cf. 23.207 : less freq. in sg., ὄφρ' ἱρὸν ἑτοιμασσαίατ' 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 ; simplyοὐκ ἐγίγνετο τὰ ἱ. ib. 2.2.3 .
c. generally,sacred objectsorrites, Hdt. 1.172 , 4.33 ; τῶν ὑμετέρων ἱ. καὶ κοινῶν μετεῖχον
D. 57.3
; ofcult-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 atemple,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 principleof 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 one's 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
111.1
),last lineof draught-board, κινήσαις τὸν ἀπ' ἴρας . . λίθον
Alc. 82
, cf. Epich. 225 , Sophr. 127 ;τὴν ἀφ' 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, WoodEphesus, App.vi p.70 ; so ἱ. ἀθλήματα
Inscr.Olymp. 56
; ἱερὸς ὁ στέφανος ἐκρίθη
IG 9(2).525
(Larissa);τὸ παγκράτιον ἱ. ἐγένετοib. 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 sacredroad 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 theinsulae Aegates, Plb. 1.60.3 .
V. Adv. -ρῶς holily,ἀποθανεῖν v.l. in
Plu. Lyc. 27 . [ῐby nature, but sts.ῑin Ep. , esp. in endings of hexameters,ἱ. ἰχθύς, ἱ. ἦμαρ, ἱερὰ ῥέξας, ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ ἀκτή, Il. 16.407 , 8.66 , 1.147 , 11.631 ;ῑερόνin the first foot of a hex., Theoc. 5.22 ; also in compds.ἱεραγωγός, ἱεροθαλλής, ἱερόφωνος:ῑalways in contr. formἱρόςwh. 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.]
