ἱερ-εύς [ῐ], έως,
Ionic dialect -ῆος, [[ 5th c.AD: Cypria -ῆϝος “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 59 H., ὁ, _Attic dialect_ _plural_ ἱερῆς: _genitive_ _sing._ and _plural_ written ἱερείως, ἱερείων, “PStrassb.” 83.2, 9 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—Ionic dialect nominative ἱρεύς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.10, 16.604, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.198 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Doric dialect ἱᾰρεύς [[ “IG” 4.1182, +others (_genitive_ ἰαρέος [prev. work]1580)] Refs]; accusative plural τὸς ἱαρές [[ “Schwyzer” 236 (from Cyrene); _nominative_ _plural_ οἱ ἱαρές [prev. passage]; _nominative_ _sing._ ἱαρές “GDI” 4846 (from Cyrene)] Refs]:— also ἱέρεως (Attic dialect and proparoxytone accusative to [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.253) “SIG” 1037.4 (Milet., 4th-3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; genitive ἱέρεω [[ “IPE” 12.32 A 23, +others (Olbia, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; dative ἵρεῳ [[ “Schwyzer” 692 (Chios, 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; accusative ἱέρεω [[ “Milet.” 1(7).203b3 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: ἱερής [[ “IG” 5(2).115.1 (Tegea, 4th-3rd c.BC),compare “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 100 H.:— 4th c.AD(?): Arcadius Grammaticus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] ἱαρής [[ “IG” 5(2).13.10 (3rd c.BC): _accusative_ ἱερήν [prev. work]3.1 (Tegea, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: (ἱερός):—priest, sacrificer, diviner, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.62, 16.604, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.17, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.124, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ἱερέως, as a date, [[ “SIG” 332.1 (Potidaea, 4th-3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+], etc. (frequently unaspirated, ἐπ᾽ ἰερέως [[ “IG” 12(1).890, etc. (from Rhodes))] Refs]; of the Jewish High Priest, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34 / 5.1; ἱ. ὁ μέγας LXX.Lev.21.10, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.591; ἱ. ὁ χριστός LXX.Lev.4.5 ] LXX+1st c.BC+]; at Rome, = pontifex, [[ Mon.Anc.Gr. 6.9] Refs]; ἱ. ὁ μέγιστος, = pont. maximus, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 27.2. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]