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|Definition=[ῐ], ἱερέως, Ion. [[ἱερῆος]], Cypr.<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἱερῆϝος Inscr.Cypr.59 H., ὁ, Att. pl. [[ἱερῆς]]: gen. sg. and pl. written [[ἱερείως]], [[ἱερείων]], PStrassb.83.2,9 (ii B.C.):—Ion. nom. [[ἱρεύς]] Il.5.10, 16.604, Od.9.198: Dor. [[ἱαρεύς]] IG 4.1182, al. (gen. [[ἰαρέος]] ib.1580); acc. pl. τὸς ἱαρές Schwyzer 236 (Cyrene); nom. pl. οἱ ἱαρές ibid.; nom. sg. ἱαρές GDI4846 (Cyrene):—also [[ἱέρεως]] (Att. and proparox. acc. to Choerob. in Theod.1.253) SIG1037.4 (Milet., iv/iii B.C.); gen. ἱέρεω IPE12.32A23, al. (Olbia, iii B.C.); dat. ἵρεῳ Schwyzer692 (Chios, v. B.C.); acc. ἱέρεω Milet. 1(7).203b3 (ii B.C.): ἱερής IG5(2).115.1 (Tegea, iv/iii B.C.), cf. Inscr.Cypr.100 H.:—Arc. [[ἱαρής]] IG5(2).13.10 (iii B.C.): acc. [[ἱερήν]] ib.3.1 (Tegea, iv B.C.): ([[ἱερός]]):—[[priest]], [[sacrificer]], [[diviner]], Il.1.62, 16.604, Pi.P.2.17, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.2, And.1.124, etc.; [[ἐφ' ἱερέως]], as a date, SIG332.1 (Potidaea, iv/iii B.C.), etc. (freq. unaspirated, ἐπ' ἰερέως IG12(1).890, etc. (Rhodes)); of the Jewish High Priest, D.S.34/5.1; ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας LXXLe.21.10, Ph.2.591; ἱερεὺς ὁ [[χριστός]] = [[anoint]]ed [[priest]] LXXLe.4.5; at Rome, = [[pontifex]], Mon.Anc.Gr.6.9; [[ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγιστος]] = [[pontifex maximus]], D.S.27.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[ἱερεὺς τις ἄτας]] = a [[minister]] of [[woe]], A.Ag.735 (lyr.); comically, λεπτοτάτων λήρων ἱερεῦ Ar.Nu.359; [[ἱερεὺς Διονύσου]], of a [[winebibber]], Eup.19; ἱερεὺς φιλοσοφίας Lib.Or.52.42.