ἱερός: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[ἱερός]], ή, όν<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[super]]-[[human]], [[mighty]], [[divine]], [[wonderful]], Hom.; often like [[θεσπέσιος]], to [[express]] [[wonder]] or [[admiration]], ἱερὸν [[τέλος]], ἱερὸς [[στρατός]] a [[glorious]] [[band]], Hom.; ἱερὸς [[δίφρος]] a [[splendid]] [[chariot]], Il.; οὐχ [[ἱερόν]] no [[mighty]] [[matter]]! Theocr.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[holy]], [[hallowed]], Lat. [[sacer]], Hom., etc.; ἱερὸς [[πόλεμος]] a [[holy]] war, Ar., etc.: ἱρὰ γράμματα, = ἱερογλυφικά, Hdt.; ἱερὸν τὸ [[σῶμα]] διδόναι, of one dedicated to a god, Eur.; ἱερὸς [[νόμος]] the law of [[sacrifice]], Dem.; of the Roman Tribunes, to [[express]] [[sacrosanctus]], Plut.; for ἱερὰ καὶ ὅσια, v. [[ὅσιος]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of kings, heroes, etc., from a [[notion]] of "the [[divinity]] that doth [[hedge]] a [[king]],"Pind., Soph.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> as [[substantive]],<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[ἱερά]], ionic ἱρά, τά, offerings, sacrifices, victims, ἱερὰ ῥέζειν, Lat. [[sacra]] facere, operari, Il.; ἔρδειν Hes.; [[θῦσαι]] Hdt.:—[[after]] Hom. the inwards of the [[victim]], the [[auspices]], τὰ ἱερὰ καλὰ ἦν Xen.; or, [[simply]], τὰ ἱερὰ γίγνεται Xen.:—[[generally]], [[sacred]] things or rites, Lat. [[sacra]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[ἱερόν]], ionic [[ἱρόν]], τό, a [[temple]], [[holy]] [[place]], Hdt., [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">3.</b> ἱρὸν τῆς δίκης a [[sacred]] [[principle]] of [[right]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> [[special]] phrases:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> ἱερὸς [[λόχος]], v. [[λόχος]] 1. 4.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ἱερὰ [[νόσος]] the [[awful]] [[disease]], epilepsy, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> ἡ ἱ. [[ὁδός]] the [[sacred]] [[road]] to [[Delphi]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> ἡ [[ἱερά]] (sc. τριήρησ), of the Delian [[ship]], or one of the [[state]]-ships ([[Salaminia]] or Paralos), Dem.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> Ἱερὰ [[νῆσος]], one of the Liparean [[group]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> adv. -ρῶς, holily, Plut.