ἀρχιερεύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=έως, ὁ: Ion. [[ἀρχιέρεως]], εω, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.37</span>, also in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>947a</span>: acc. pl. [[ἀρχιρέας]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.142</span>:— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[archiereus]], [[arch-priest]], [[arch priest]], [[chief-priest]], [[chief priest]], ll. cc., freq. in Inscrr., νήσου <span class="title">OGI</span>93.3 (Cyprus), etc.: esp. in Roman provinces, of the Imperial cult, ἀρχιερεύς [[Ἀσία]]ς ib. 458.31, etc., cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>149.2</span> (i A. D.), etc.:—at Rome, = [[pontifex]], <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Num.</span>9</span>, etc.; [[ἀρχιερεύς μέγιστος]], = [[pontifex maximus]], <span class="title">SIG</span>832, etc. (but [[ἀρχιερεύς]] alone, <span class="title">IG</span>7.2711, etc.):—at [[Jerusalem]], [[high priest]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Le.</span> 4.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>26.3</span>, etc. (Spelt ἀρχι-[[ιερεύς]] <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.882 (Themisonium)).</span>