Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Noun
ἱερεύς • (hiereús) m (genitive ἱερέως); third declension
- priest, diviner, sacrificer
Inflection
Third declension of
ὁ ἱερεύς;
τοῦ ἱερέως
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ὁ ἱερεύς
|
τὼ ἱερῆ
|
οἱ ἱερῆς
|
| Genitive |
τοῦ ἱερέως
|
τοῖν ἱερέοιν
|
τῶν ἱερέων
|
| Dative |
τῷ ἱερέῐ̈ / ἱερεῖ
|
τοῖν ἱερέοιν
|
τοῖς ἱερεῦσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative |
τὸν ἱερέᾱ
|
τὼ ἱερῆ
|
τοὺς ἱερέᾱς
|
| Vocative |
ἱερεῦ
|
ἱερῆ
|
ἱερῆς
|
| Notes: |
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
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Third declension of
ἱερεύς;
ἱερῆος (
Epic)
| Case / # |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
| Nominative |
ἱερεύς
|
ἱερῆε
|
ἱερῆες
|
| Genitive |
ἱερῆος / ἱερέος
|
ἱερήοιῐν
|
ἱερήων
|
| Dative |
ἱερῆῐ̈ / ἱερέῐ̈
|
ἱερήοιῐν
|
ἱερήεσσῐ / ἱερεῦσῐ
|
| Accusative |
ἱερῆᾰ / ἱερέᾰ
|
ἱερῆε
|
ἱερῆᾰς
|
| Vocative |
ἱερεῦ
|
ἱερῆε
|
ἱερῆες
|
| Notes: |
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
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Synonyms
Descendants
- Greek: ιερέας m (ieréas)
- Russian: иерей m (ijerej)
References
- ἱερεύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱερεύς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἱερεύς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- «ἱερεύς» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- «ἱερεύς» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἱερεύς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “G2409”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.