ἀρχιερεύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-έως, ὁ: Ion. [[ἀρχιέρεως]], εω, Hdt.2.37, also in Pl.Lg.947a: acc. pl. [[ἀρχιρέας]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Hdt.2.142:—[[archiereus]], [[arch-priest]], [[arch priest]], [[chief-priest]], [[chief priest]], ll. cc., freq. in Inscrr., νήσου OGI93.3 (Cyprus), etc.: especially in Roman provinces, of the Imperial cult, ἀρχιερεύς [[Ἀσία]]ς ib. 458.31, etc., cf. PRyl.149.2 (i A. D.), etc.:—at Rome, = [[pontifex]], Plu. Num.9, etc.; [[ἀρχιερεύς μέγιστος]], = [[pontifex maximus]], SIG832, etc. (but [[ἀρχιερεύς]] alone, IG7.2711, etc.):—at [[Jerusalem]], [[high priest]], [[LXX]] Le. 4.3, Ev.Matt.26.3, etc. (Spelt ἀρχι-[[ιερεύς]] IGRom.4.882 (Themisonium)).

|mdlsjtxt=<br />an [[arch]]-[[priest]], [[chief]]-[[priest]], Hdt.:— at [[Rome]], the Pontifex [[Maximus]], Plut.:—at [[Jerusalem]], the [[high]]-[[priest]], NTest.