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|Definition=(v. sub fin.), ά, όν, also ός, όν in the phrase <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἱερὸς ἀκτή <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>597</span>, <span class="bibl">805</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.77</span>: Ion. and poet. ἱρός, ή, όν (v. sub fin.): Dor. and N. Greek ἱᾰρός <span class="title">IG</span>22.1126.20, etc.: Aeol. ἶρος <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.25</span>, Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>8.4, but ἴαρος (corr. from <b class="b3">ἴερ-</b>) <span class="bibl">Sapph. <span class="title">Supp.</span>20a</span>.<span class="bibl">6</span>: Sup. ἱερώτατος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>582</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>755e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">filled with</b> or <b class="b2">manifesting divine power, supernatural</b>, ἱ. ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο <span class="bibl">Od.2.409</span>, al.; ἱ. μένος Ἀλκινόοιο <span class="bibl">8.421</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἄλφιτον, ἀλωαί</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.11.631</span>, <span class="bibl">5.499</span>; Δημήτερος ἱερὸς ἀκτή Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>Il.c.; of natural objects or phenomena, rivers, <span class="bibl">Od.10.351</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.11.726</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>410</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">λιβάς</b>, of the Spercheus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1215</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἱεραὶ βῆσσαι Κίρκης</b> 'faery', <span class="bibl">Od.10.275</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. ἦμαρ, κνέφας</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.8.66</span>, <span class="bibl">11.194</span>; φάος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span> 339</span>; <b class="b3">ἱερὸς δίφρος</b> (where <b class="b3">δ</b>. perh.= <b class="b3">ἵπποι</b>) <span class="bibl">Il.17.464</span>; after Hom., ἱ. χεῦμα θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>192</span> (anap.); ἱ. κῦμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1206</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyc.</span> 265</span>; ὄμβρος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1428</span>; δρόσοι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>117</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὕπνος</b>, of death, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">ἔστι μὲν οὐδὲν ἱ</b>. no <b class="b2">great</b> matter, <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of divine things, <b class="b2">holy</b>, ἱεροῖς ἐν δώμασι Κίρκης <span class="bibl">Od.10.426</span>; ἱ. γένος ἀθανάτων <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>21</span>; <b class="b3">λέχος</b>, of Zeus, ib.<span class="bibl">57</span>; <b class="b3">δόσις</b> the gift <b class="b2">of God</b>, ib. <span class="bibl">93</span>; <b class="b3">πόλεμος</b> <b class="b2">holy</b> war, '<b class="b2">crusade</b>', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>556</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of earthly things, <b class="b2">hallowed, consecrated</b>, βωμοί <span class="bibl">Il.2.305</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. δόμος</b>, of the temple of Athena, <span class="bibl">6.89</span>; ἱ. ἑκατόμβη <span class="bibl">1.99</span>,<span class="bibl">431</span>, etc.; ἐλαίη <span class="bibl">Od.13.372</span>; χοαί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>469</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἱρὰ γράμματα</b> <b class="b2">hieroglyphics</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.36</span>; but <b class="b3">ἱ. γράμματα</b> of the <span class="title">Holy</span> Scriptures, <b class="b2">2 Ep.Tim</b>.<span class="bibl">3.15</span>; ἱ. βύβλοι <span class="title">OGI</span>56.70 (Canopus, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἱ. ἄγαλμα, τρίπους</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1379</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>512</span>, etc.; χρήματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>568d</span>, etc.; ἱ. τὸ σῶμα τῷ θεῷ δίδωμ' ἔχειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1285</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. σώματα</b>, of <b class="b3">ἱερόδουλοι</b>, <span class="bibl">Str.6.2.6</span>; χῆνες Plu.2.325c; of animals regarded as 'taboo', [κριοί] εἰσί σφι ἱ. διὰ τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.42</span>; so perh. ἱ. ἰχθύς <span class="bibl">Il.16.407</span>; of the Roman Tribunes,= Lat. <b class="b2">sacrosanctus</b>, ἱ. καὶ ἄσυλος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">TG</span>15</span>, etc.; of Augustus, <span class="title">Mon.Anc.Gr.</span> 5.17; <b class="b3">ἱ. νόμος</b> law <b class="b2">of sacrifice</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.35</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>685.81 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἱ. λόγος</b> <b class="b2">legend</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.81</span>, etc.; οἱ παλαιοὶ καὶ ἱ. λόγοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>335a</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. γάμος</b> <b class="b2">mystical</b> marriage, a religious ceremony, <span class="bibl">Men.320</span>, Phot. s.v.; opp. <b class="b3">βέβηλος</b>, as <b class="b2">sacred</b> to <b class="b2">profane</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.7.8</span>, <span class="title">AB</span>223; but more freq. ἱ. καὶ ὅσιος <span class="bibl">Th.2.52</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>5.4</span>, etc.; cf. [[ὅσιος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">under divine protection</b>, freq. of places, Ἴλιος <span class="bibl">Il.5.648</span>, Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>8.4; Πύλος <span class="bibl">Od. 21.108</span>; Θήβη <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>20a</span>.<span class="bibl">6</span>; <b class="b3">Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον, Τροίης ἱερὰ κρήδεμνα</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.16.100</span>; Ἀθῆναι <span class="bibl">Od.11.323</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>75</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Aj.</span>1221</span> (lyr.), Ps.-Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1037</span>; Σούνιον ἱρόν <span class="bibl">Od.3.278</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. κύκλος</b> the judge's seat <b class="b2">under the protection of Zeus</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.504</span>: with gen. of the divinity, <b class="b3">ἄλσος ἱρὸν Ἀθηναίης, ἄντρον ἱρὸν νυμφάων</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.322</span>, <span class="bibl">13.104</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.80</span>,<span class="bibl">2.41</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>937</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.3.13</span>, etc.; γῆ καὶ ἑστία ἱερὰ πᾶσι πάντων θεῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>955e</span>; <b class="b3">χωρίον ὡς -ώτατον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">755e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>45a</span>; with gen. of a human being, Γναθίου . . ἱ. εἰμι <span class="title">IG</span>12.920. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of persons, φυλάκων ἱ. τέλος <span class="bibl">Il.10.56</span>; ἱ. πυλαωροί <span class="bibl">24.681</span>; στρατός <span class="bibl">Od.24.81</span>; βασιλέες <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.97</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. εὐσεβής τε</b>, of Oedipus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>287</span>; <b class="b3">ἅνθρωπος ἱ</b>. <b class="b2">initiated</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>652</span>; c. gen. of a divinity, <b class="b2">deuoted, dedicated</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>75</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>85b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> under the Roman Empire,= <b class="b2">sacer, imperial</b>, ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν τοῦ Καίσαρος γραμμάτων <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.571 (Aezani, ii A.D.); <b class="b3">ὁ -ώτατος φίσκος, τὸ -ώτατον ταμιεῖον</b>, ib.3.727 (Lycia), <span class="title">SIG</span>888.10 (Scaptopara, iii A.D.), etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ -ώτατον βῆμα</b> (of the <b class="b2">praefectus Aegypti</b>), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHamb.</span>4.8</span> (i A.D.): generally, <b class="b2">worshipful</b>, ἱ. σύνοδος <span class="title">OGI</span>713.9 (Egypt, iii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> as Subst., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> ἱερά, Ion. ἱρά, τά, <b class="b2">offerings, victims</b>, ἱερὰ ῥέξας <span class="bibl">Il.1.147</span>, etc.; ἔρδειν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>336</span>; διδόναι <span class="bibl">Od.16.184</span>; ἀλλ' ὅ γε δέκτο μὲν ἱρά <span class="bibl">Il.2.420</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.207</span>: less freq. in sg., ὄφρ' ἱρὸν ἑτοιμασσαίατ' Ἀθήνῃ <span class="bibl">10.571</span>; θῦσαι ἱρά <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.59</span>, <span class="bibl">8.54</span>, etc.; θυσίας καὶ ἱρὰ ποιέειν <span class="bibl">Id.2.63</span>; αἴθειν <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ph.</span>1033</span>; ἱ. πατρῷα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1015</span>; ἱ. ἐπιχώρια <span class="bibl">Democr.259</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> after Hom., <b class="b2">omens afforded by sacrifice</b>, τὰ ἱρὰ οὐ προεχώρεε χρηστά <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.44</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἱερὰ καλὰ [ἦν</b>] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.15</span>; simply <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐγίγνετο τὰ ἱ</b>. ib. <span class="bibl">2.2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> generally, <b class="b2">sacred objects</b> or <b class="b2">rites</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.172</span>,<span class="bibl">4.33</span>; τῶν ὑμετέρων ἱ. καὶ κοινῶν μετεῖχον <span class="bibl">D.57.3</span>; of <b class="b2">cult-images, IG Rom</b>.<span class="bibl">3.800</span> (syllium). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., ἱερόν, Ion. ἱρόν, τό, <b class="b2">holy place</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.119</span>,al.; opp. <b class="b3">νηός</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.2.170</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.90</span>,<span class="bibl">5.18</span>; freq. of a <b class="b2">temple</b>, <b class="b3">ἔστι δὲ ἐν τῷ τεμένεϊ . . ἱρόν κτλ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.112</span>; of the Jewish temple, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ch.</span>29.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.16.39.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.16.2.34</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>24.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἱερὸν τῆς δίκης</b> <b class="b2">a sacred principle</b> of right, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1002</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> ἱερός, ὁ (sc. <b class="b3">μήν</b>), name of month at Delos, <span class="title">IG</span>12.377.22, 11(2).203<span class="title">A</span>31 (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἱεροί</b>, οἱ, members of a religious college or guild, ib.5(1).1390.1, al. (Andania, i B.C.), prob. in <span class="title">SIG</span>1010.7 (Chalcedon), etc.; also of women, ἱεραί, αἱ, <span class="title">IG</span>5(1). l.c., cf. 1511 (Sparta). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> = [[ἱερόδουλος]], ib. 1356 (Messenia, V B.C.), <span class="title">Inscr.Perg.</span>572, <span class="title">GDI</span>5702.39 (Samos). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> special phrases, post-Hom., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> prov., <b class="b3">ἱ. ἄγκυρα</b> <b class="b2">one's last hope</b>, Plu. 2.815d, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JTr.</span>51</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fug.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.93</span>, Gal.11.182. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. βόλος</b>, name of a throw at dice, <span class="bibl">Eub.57.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. βοτάνη</b>, v. [[βοτάνη]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἱ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">γραμμή</b>) (cf. γραμμή <span class="bibl">111.1</span>), <b class="b2">last line</b> of draught-board, κινήσαις τὸν ἀπ' ἴρας . . λίθον <span class="bibl">Alc.82</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Epich.225</span>, <span class="bibl">Sophr.127</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς</b> (v.l. [[τὴν ἱεράν]]) <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cor.</span>32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. ἰχθύς</b>,= <b class="b3">ἀνθίας</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 620b35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.282e</span>, Plu.2.981d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. λόχος</b>, v. [[λόχος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b3">ἱερά</b> (sc. <b class="b3">νίκη</b>), ἡ, <b class="b2">drawn contest, dead heat</b> (because the prize was assigned to the god), <span class="title">SIG</span>1073.48 (Olymp.); <b class="b3">ποιῆσαι ἱεράν</b>, of the competitor, Wood <b class="b2">Ephesus, App</b>.vi p.70; so ἱ. ἀθλήματα <span class="title">Inscr.Olymp.</span>56; ἱερὸς ὁ στέφανος ἐκρίθη <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).525 (Larissa); <b class="b3">τὸ παγκράτιον ἱ. ἐγένετο</b> ib.527 (ibid.); <b class="b3">ἱερός</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἀγών</b>) ib.7.2727.19, 24 (Acraeph.): metaph., <b class="b3">ἱερὸν ποιῆσαι τὸν στέφανον</b> 'divide the honours', <span class="bibl">Plb.1.58.5</span>, <span class="bibl">29.8.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. νόσος</b> <b class="b2">epilepsy</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.33</span>, Hp.<span class="title">Morb. Sacr.</span>tit., <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.11.3</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.14</span>: metaph., τὴν οἴησιν ἱ. νόσον ἔλεγε <span class="bibl">Heraclit.46</span> ( = <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>224</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ἱ. ὁδός</b> <b class="b2">the sacred</b> road to Delphi, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.34</span>; also, from Athens to Eleusis, <span class="bibl">Cratin. 61</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.1.36.3</span>, Harp. s.v.; and that from Elis to Olympia, <span class="bibl">Paus. 5.25.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. ὀστέον</b>, <b class="b2">os sacrum</b>, the last bone of the spine, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Art.</span>45</span>, Plu.2.981d, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>5.8</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">11</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. συμβουλή</b> <b class="b2">sacred duty of an adviser</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>321c</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.6.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Thg.</span>122b</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span> 1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">12</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. σῦριγξ</b> <b class="b2">spinal canal</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.180</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">13</span> <b class="b3">ἱερὰ τριήρης</b>, of the Delian ship, or one of the state-ships (Salaminia or Paralos), <span class="bibl">D.4.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">14</span> freq. in geographical names, e.g. <b class="b3">ἱ ἄκρα</b>, in Lycia, <span class="bibl">Str. 14.3.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. ἀκρωτήριον</b>, in Spain, <b class="b2">Cape St. Vincent</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.2.4.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. κώμη</b>, in Lydia, <span class="bibl">Plb.16.1.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. νῆσος</b>, one of the Liparean group, <span class="bibl">Th.3.88</span>; one of the <b class="b2">insulae Aegates</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.60.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-ρῶς</b> <b class="b2">holily</b>, <b class="b3">ἀποθανεῖν</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>27</span>. [ῐ by nature, but sts. ῑ in Ep., esp. in endings of hexameters, <b class="b3">ἱ. ἰχθύς, ἱ. ἦμαρ, ἱερὰ ῥέξας, ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ ἀκτή</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.16.407</span>, <span class="bibl">8.66</span>, <span class="bibl">1.147</span>, <span class="bibl">11.631</span>; ῑερόν in the first foot of a hex., <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.22</span>; also in compds. <b class="b3">ἱεραγωγός, ἱεροθαλλής, ἱερόφωνος</b>: ῑ always in contr. form <b class="b3">ἱρός</b> wh. is used in Ep., Hdt., and some Ion. inscrr., as <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).265.9 (Thasos), cf. <span class="bibl">Semon.7.56</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.4.79</span>, al., but is rarely found in codd. of Hp. (never in Heraclit. or Democr.); also in Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>268</span>, etc., but never required by metre in lyr. of Com.]</span>
|Definition=(v. sub fin.), ά, όν, also ός, όν in the phrase <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἱερὸς ἀκτή <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>597</span>, <span class="bibl">805</span>, Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.77</span>: Ion. and poet. ἱρός, ή, όν (v. sub fin.): Dor. and N. Greek ἱᾰρός <span class="title">IG</span>22.1126.20, etc.: Aeol. ἶρος <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.25</span>, Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>8.4, but ἴαρος (corr. from <b class="b3">ἴερ-</b>) <span class="bibl">Sapph. <span class="title">Supp.</span>20a</span>.<span class="bibl">6</span>: Sup. ἱερώτατος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>582</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>755e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">filled with</b> or <b class="b2">manifesting divine power, supernatural</b>, ἱ. ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο <span class="bibl">Od.2.409</span>, al.; ἱ. μένος Ἀλκινόοιο <span class="bibl">8.421</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἄλφιτον, ἀλωαί</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.11.631</span>, <span class="bibl">5.499</span>; Δημήτερος ἱερὸς ἀκτή Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>Il.c.; of natural objects or phenomena, rivers, <span class="bibl">Od.10.351</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.11.726</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>410</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">λιβάς</b>, of the Spercheus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1215</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἱεραὶ βῆσσαι Κίρκης</b> 'faery', <span class="bibl">Od.10.275</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. ἦμαρ, κνέφας</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.8.66</span>, <span class="bibl">11.194</span>; φάος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span> 339</span>; <b class="b3">ἱερὸς δίφρος</b> (where <b class="b3">δ</b>. perh.= <b class="b3">ἵπποι</b>) <span class="bibl">Il.17.464</span>; after Hom., ἱ. χεῦμα θαλάσσης <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>192</span> (anap.); ἱ. κῦμα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1206</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyc.</span> 265</span>; ὄμβρος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1428</span>; δρόσοι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>117</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὕπνος</b>, of death, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>11</span>; <b class="b3">ἔστι μὲν οὐδὲν ἱ</b>. no <b class="b2">great</b> matter, <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of divine things, <b class="b2">holy</b>, ἱεροῖς ἐν δώμασι Κίρκης <span class="bibl">Od.10.426</span>; ἱ. γένος ἀθανάτων <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>21</span>; <b class="b3">λέχος</b>, of Zeus, ib.<span class="bibl">57</span>; <b class="b3">δόσις</b> the gift <b class="b2">of God</b>, ib. <span class="bibl">93</span>; <b class="b3">πόλεμος</b> <b class="b2">holy</b> war, '<b class="b2">crusade</b>', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>556</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of earthly things, <b class="b2">hallowed, consecrated</b>, βωμοί <span class="bibl">Il.2.305</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. δόμος</b>, of the temple of Athena, <span class="bibl">6.89</span>; ἱ. ἑκατόμβη <span class="bibl">1.99</span>,<span class="bibl">431</span>, etc.; ἐλαίη <span class="bibl">Od.13.372</span>; χοαί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>469</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἱρὰ γράμματα</b> <b class="b2">hieroglyphics</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.36</span>; but <b class="b3">ἱ. γράμματα</b> of the <span class="title">Holy</span> Scriptures, <b class="b2">2 Ep.Tim</b>.<span class="bibl">3.15</span>; ἱ. βύβλοι <span class="title">OGI</span>56.70 (Canopus, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἱ. ἄγαλμα, τρίπους</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1379</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>512</span>, etc.; χρήματα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>568d</span>, etc.; ἱ. τὸ σῶμα τῷ θεῷ δίδωμ' ἔχειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1285</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. σώματα</b>, of <b class="b3">ἱερόδουλοι</b>, <span class="bibl">Str.6.2.6</span>; χῆνες Plu.2.325c; of animals regarded as 'taboo', [κριοί] εἰσί σφι ἱ. διὰ τοῦτο <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.42</span>; so perh. ἱ. ἰχθύς <span class="bibl">Il.16.407</span>; of the Roman Tribunes,= Lat. <b class="b2">sacrosanctus</b>, ἱ. καὶ ἄσυλος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">TG</span>15</span>, etc.; of Augustus, <span class="title">Mon.Anc.Gr.</span> 5.17; <b class="b3">ἱ. νόμος</b> law <b class="b2">of sacrifice</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.35</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>685.81 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἱ. λόγος</b> <b class="b2">legend</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.81</span>, etc.; οἱ παλαιοὶ καὶ ἱ. λόγοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>335a</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. γάμος</b> <b class="b2">mystical</b> marriage, a religious ceremony, <span class="bibl">Men.320</span>, Phot. s.v.; opp. <b class="b3">βέβηλος</b>, as <b class="b2">sacred</b> to <b class="b2">profane</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.7.8</span>, <span class="title">AB</span>223; but more freq. ἱ. καὶ ὅσιος <span class="bibl">Th.2.52</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>5.4</span>, etc.; cf. [[ὅσιος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">under divine protection</b>, freq. of places, Ἴλιος <span class="bibl">Il.5.648</span>, Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>8.4; Πύλος <span class="bibl">Od. 21.108</span>; Θήβη <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>20a</span>.<span class="bibl">6</span>; <b class="b3">Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον, Τροίης ἱερὰ κρήδεμνα</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.16.100</span>; Ἀθῆναι <span class="bibl">Od.11.323</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>75</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Aj.</span>1221</span> (lyr.), Ps.-Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1037</span>; Σούνιον ἱρόν <span class="bibl">Od.3.278</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. κύκλος</b> the judge's seat <b class="b2">under the protection of Zeus</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.18.504</span>: with gen. of the divinity, <b class="b3">ἄλσος ἱρὸν Ἀθηναίης, ἄντρον ἱρὸν νυμφάων</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.6.322</span>, <span class="bibl">13.104</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.80</span>,<span class="bibl">2.41</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>937</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.3.13</span>, etc.; γῆ καὶ ἑστία ἱερὰ πᾶσι πάντων θεῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>955e</span>; <b class="b3">χωρίον ὡς -ώτατον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">755e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>45a</span>; with gen. of a human being, Γναθίου . . ἱ. εἰμι <span class="title">IG</span>12.920. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> of persons, φυλάκων ἱ. τέλος <span class="bibl">Il.10.56</span>; ἱ. πυλαωροί <span class="bibl">24.681</span>; στρατός <span class="bibl">Od.24.81</span>; βασιλέες <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.97</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. εὐσεβής τε</b>, of Oedipus, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>287</span>; <b class="b3">ἅνθρωπος ἱ</b>. <b class="b2">initiated</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>652</span>; c. gen. of a divinity, <b class="b2">deuoted, dedicated</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>75</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>85b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> under the Roman Empire,= <b class="b2">sacer, imperial</b>, ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν τοῦ Καίσαρος γραμμάτων <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.571 (Aezani, ii A.D.); <b class="b3">ὁ -ώτατος φίσκος, τὸ -ώτατον ταμιεῖον</b>, ib.3.727 (Lycia), <span class="title">SIG</span>888.10 (Scaptopara, iii A.D.), etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ -ώτατον βῆμα</b> (of the <b class="b2">praefectus Aegypti</b>), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHamb.</span>4.8</span> (i A.D.): generally, <b class="b2">worshipful</b>, ἱ. σύνοδος <span class="title">OGI</span>713.9 (Egypt, iii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> as Subst., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> ἱερά, Ion. ἱρά, τά, <b class="b2">offerings, victims</b>, ἱερὰ ῥέξας <span class="bibl">Il.1.147</span>, etc.; ἔρδειν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>336</span>; διδόναι <span class="bibl">Od.16.184</span>; ἀλλ' ὅ γε δέκτο μὲν ἱρά <span class="bibl">Il.2.420</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.207</span>: less freq. in sg., ὄφρ' ἱρὸν ἑτοιμασσαίατ' Ἀθήνῃ <span class="bibl">10.571</span>; θῦσαι ἱρά <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.59</span>, <span class="bibl">8.54</span>, etc.; θυσίας καὶ ἱρὰ ποιέειν <span class="bibl">Id.2.63</span>; αἴθειν <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ph.</span>1033</span>; ἱ. πατρῷα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1015</span>; ἱ. ἐπιχώρια <span class="bibl">Democr.259</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> after Hom., <b class="b2">omens afforded by sacrifice</b>, τὰ ἱρὰ οὐ προεχώρεε χρηστά <span class="bibl">Hdt. 5.44</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἱερὰ καλὰ [ἦν</b>] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.8.15</span>; simply <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐγίγνετο τὰ ἱ</b>. ib. <span class="bibl">2.2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> generally, <b class="b2">sacred objects</b> or <b class="b2">rites</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.172</span>,<span class="bibl">4.33</span>; τῶν ὑμετέρων ἱ. καὶ κοινῶν μετεῖχον <span class="bibl">D.57.3</span>; of <b class="b2">cult-images, IG Rom</b>.<span class="bibl">3.800</span> (syllium). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., ἱερόν, Ion. ἱρόν, τό, <b class="b2">holy place</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.119</span>,al.; opp. <b class="b3">νηός</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.2.170</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.90</span>,<span class="bibl">5.18</span>; freq. of a <b class="b2">temple</b>, <b class="b3">ἔστι δὲ ἐν τῷ τεμένεϊ . . ἱρόν κτλ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.112</span>; of the Jewish temple, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ch.</span>29.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.16.39.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.16.2.34</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>24.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἱερὸν τῆς δίκης</b> <b class="b2">a sacred principle</b> of right, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1002</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> ἱερός, ὁ (sc. <b class="b3">μήν</b>), name of month at Delos, <span class="title">IG</span>12.377.22, 11(2).203<span class="title">A</span>31 (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἱεροί</b>, οἱ, members of a religious college or guild, ib.5(1).1390.1, al. (Andania, i B.C.), prob. in <span class="title">SIG</span>1010.7 (Chalcedon), etc.; also of women, ἱεραί, αἱ, <span class="title">IG</span>5(1). l.c., cf. 1511 (Sparta). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> = [[ἱερόδουλος]], ib. 1356 (Messenia, V B.C.), <span class="title">Inscr.Perg.</span>572, <span class="title">GDI</span>5702.39 (Samos). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> special phrases, post-Hom., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> prov., <b class="b3">ἱ. ἄγκυρα</b> <b class="b2">one's last hope</b>, Plu. 2.815d, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JTr.</span>51</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fug.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.93</span>, Gal.11.182. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. βόλος</b>, name of a throw at dice, <span class="bibl">Eub.57.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. βοτάνη</b>, v. [[βοτάνη]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἱ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">γραμμή</b>) (cf. γραμμή <span class="bibl">111.1</span>), <b class="b2">last line</b> of draught-board, κινήσαις τὸν ἀπ' ἴρας . . λίθον <span class="bibl">Alc.82</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Epich.225</span>, <span class="bibl">Sophr.127</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς</b> (v.l. [[τὴν ἱεράν]]) <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cor.</span>32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. ἰχθύς</b>,= <b class="b3">ἀνθίας</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 620b35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.282e</span>, Plu.2.981d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. λόχος</b>, v. [[λόχος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b3">ἱερά</b> (sc. <b class="b3">νίκη</b>), ἡ, <b class="b2">drawn contest, dead heat</b> (because the prize was assigned to the god), <span class="title">SIG</span>1073.48 (Olymp.); <b class="b3">ποιῆσαι ἱεράν</b>, of the competitor, Wood <b class="b2">Ephesus, App</b>.vi p.70; so ἱ. ἀθλήματα <span class="title">Inscr.Olymp.</span>56; ἱερὸς ὁ στέφανος ἐκρίθη <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).525 (Larissa); <b class="b3">τὸ παγκράτιον ἱ. ἐγένετο</b> ib.527 (ibid.); <b class="b3">ἱερός</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἀγών</b>) ib.7.2727.19, 24 (Acraeph.): metaph., <b class="b3">ἱερὸν ποιῆσαι τὸν στέφανον</b> 'divide the honours', <span class="bibl">Plb.1.58.5</span>, <span class="bibl">29.8.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. νόσος</b> <b class="b2">epilepsy</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.33</span>, Hp.<span class="title">Morb. Sacr.</span>tit., <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.11.3</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.14</span>: metaph., τὴν οἴησιν ἱ. νόσον ἔλεγε <span class="bibl">Heraclit.46</span> ( = <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>224</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ἱ. ὁδός</b> <b class="b2">the sacred</b> road to Delphi, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.34</span>; also, from Athens to Eleusis, <span class="bibl">Cratin. 61</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.1.36.3</span>, Harp. s.v.; and that from Elis to Olympia, <span class="bibl">Paus. 5.25.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">10</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. ὀστέον</b>, <b class="b2">os sacrum</b>, the last bone of the spine, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Art.</span>45</span>, Plu.2.981d, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>5.8</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">11</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. συμβουλή</b> <b class="b2">sacred duty of an adviser</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>321c</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.6.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Thg.</span>122b</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span> 1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">12</span> <b class="b3">ἱ. σῦριγξ</b> <b class="b2">spinal canal</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.2.180</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">13</span> <b class="b3">ἱερὰ τριήρης</b>, of the Delian ship, or one of the state-ships (Salaminia or Paralos), <span class="bibl">D.4.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">14</span> freq. in geographical names, e.g. <b class="b3">ἱ ἄκρα</b>, in Lycia, <span class="bibl">Str. 14.3.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. ἀκρωτήριον</b>, in Spain, <b class="b2">Cape St. Vincent</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.2.4.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. κώμη</b>, in Lydia, <span class="bibl">Plb.16.1.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἱ. νῆσος</b>, one of the Liparean group, <span class="bibl">Th.3.88</span>; one of the <b class="b2">insulae Aegates</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.60.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-ρῶς</b> <b class="b2">holily</b>, <b class="b3">ἀποθανεῖν</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>27</span>. [ῐ by nature, but sts. ῑ in Ep., esp. in endings of hexameters, <b class="b3">ἱ. ἰχθύς, ἱ. ἦμαρ, ἱερὰ ῥέξας, ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ ἀκτή</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.16.407</span>, <span class="bibl">8.66</span>, <span class="bibl">1.147</span>, <span class="bibl">11.631</span>; ῑερόν in the first foot of a hex., <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.22</span>; also in compds. <b class="b3">ἱεραγωγός, ἱεροθαλλής, ἱερόφωνος</b>: ῑ always in contr. form <b class="b3">ἱρός</b> wh. is used in Ep., Hdt., and some Ion. inscrr., as <span class="title">IG</span>12(8).265.9 (Thasos), cf. <span class="bibl">Semon.7.56</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.4.79</span>, al., but is rarely found in codd. of Hp. (never in Heraclit. or Democr.); also in Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>268</span>, etc., but never required by metre in lyr. of Com.]</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1242.png Seite 1242]] auch 2 Endgn, Hes. O. 599. 807 u. im Orak, bei Her. 8, 77; ion. [[ἱρός]], was auch bei den Epikern vorkommt; äol. ἰαρός; dor. [[ἱαρός]], Inscr.; nach Hemsterh. von [[ἵημι]], ursprünglich von geweihten Thieren, die man frei gehen ließ, vgl. [[ἄφετος]], schwerlich richtig; eben so wenig mit ἰή zusammenhangend; nach sprachvgl. Gramm. verwandt mit dem Sanskrit. ishiras, "kräftig", s. Curtius Grundz. d. Griech. Etym. 2. Aufl. S. 358. Vielleicht ist die Bdtg "<b class="b2">kräftig</b>" in einigen Homerischen Verbindungen erkennbar; vielleicht ist aber auch bei Homer überall die Bdtg "<b class="b2">heilig</b>" anzunehmen, wie in der übrigen Griech. Literatur. – a) von Allem, was die Götter betrifft u. zu ihnen in irgend einer Beziehung steht; ἱεροῖς ἐν δώμασι Κίρκης Od. 10, 426, Götterwohnung; Hes. spricht selbst von ἱερὸν [[γένος]] ἀθανάτων, Th. 21; Ζεὺς ἱερὸν [[λέχος]] εἰσαναβαίνων, das Götterlager, 57; τοίη Μουσάων ἱερὴ [[δόσις]] 93; [[φάος]] Hes. O. 337; [[ἦμαρ]] Il. 17, 455; das Tageslicht kommt von den Göttern, wie die Finsterniß, [[κνέφας]], 11, 194; νύξ Eur. Ion 117. – Die ganze Natur ist von den Göttern erfüllt u. ihnen heilig; ποταμοί Od. 10, 351; ἱερὸν [[ῥόον]] Ἀλφειοῖο Il. 11, 756, wie Soph. σὰν λιπὼν ἱερὰν λιβάδα Phil. 1200 u. Eur. Med. 410; so Ἐρυθρᾶς ἱερὸν [[χεῦμα]] Aesch. frg. 178; [[κῦμα]] Eur. Hipp. 1206; [[ὄμβρος]], heiliges Naß, Soph. O. R. 1428; so nennt auch Hom. den Fisch [[ἱερός]], denn er ist als Wasserbewohner dem Poseidon heilig, Il. 16, 407, was Alte auf manche andere wunderliche Weise erklären, z. B. = [[διερός]]; Ath. VII, 282 e; Arist. H. A. 9, 37 = [[ἀνθίας]]; Aristarch erklärte ἱερὸν ἰχθὺν = τὸν ἀνετὸν καὶ εὐτραφῆ. – Auch die Erde, Haine, Berge u. dgl., βῆσσαι Od. 10, 275, γῆ Soph. Phil. 700, Ἴδας [[ὄρος]] Eur. Or. 1383; alle einzelnen Länder, Inseln u. Städte, da ihnen besondere Schutzgottheiten vorstehen; Εὐβοίης ἱερῆς Il. 2, 535; [[Πύλος]] Od. 21, 108; Θήβην ἱερὴν πόλιν II. 1, 366; Ζέλεια, [[Πέργαμος]], [[Ἀθῆναι]], Od. 11, 323, wie Pind. frg. 45 u. Soph. Ai. 1200; Σικυών, [[Ταίναρος]], Pind. N. 9, 53 P. 4, 44; Μέμφις, [[Τμῶλος]], Aesch. Pers. 36. 49 u. Eur. Bacch. 64; [[Ἴλιος]], Troad. 123; ὦ γᾶς ἱερὸν οἰκείας πέδονΣαλαμῖνος Soph. Ai. 846, wie Eur. Troad. 1096; Τροίης ἱερὸν [[πτολίεθρον]] Od. 1, 2, wie Τροίης ἱερὰ κρήδεμνα Il. 16, 100. – So auch ἱερὰς κατ' ἀλωάς Il. 5, 499, denn sie sind der Demeter heilig; ἐλαίρ, der der Athene heilige Oelbaum, Od. 13, 372; ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ [[ἀκτή]] Il. 11, 631, denn auch das Getreide ist eine Göttergabe. – So heißen auch die Könige, die unter dem Schutze der Götter stehen, von ihnen eingesetzt sind, ἱεροί, Pind. P. 5, 97; u. so ist auch das bei Hom. oft vorkommende ἱερὴ ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο, ἱερὸν [[μένος]] Ἀλκινόοιο zu fassen; der Wagen des Achilleus [[δίφρος]] [[ἱερός]], Il. 17, 464. – b) was die Menschen den Göttern <b class="b2">geweiht</b> haben, <b class="b2">heilig</b>, zum Gottesdienst gehörig, vgl. Eur. ἱερὸν τὸ [[σῶμα]] τῷ θεῷ [[δίδωμι]] ἔχειν, Ion 1285, u. Plat. ὅσα ἱερὰ κριθέντα ποιήματα ἐδόθη τοῖς θεοῖς, Legg. VIII, 829 e; ἱερὸς [[δόμος]], Tempel, Il. 6, 89; [[χῶρος]] Soph. O. C. 16. 54; δαιμόνων ἀγάλματα, die Standbilder der Götter in den Tempeln, O. R. 1379; Eur. I. T 1441; [[ξόανον]] Troad. 525; [[εἴδωλον]] Ἥρας Hel. 1150; [[βωμός]], der Altar, Il. 2, 305 Soph. Tr. 989, der ihn auch ἱερὸν [[ἕρκος]] nennt, 604. – Die Gottheit, der Etwas geweiht ist, wird im gen. hinzugesetzt, [[ἄλσος]] ἱρὸν Ἀθηναίης Od. 6, 326, [[ἄντρον]] ἱρὸν Νυμφάων 13, 104; Eur. Alc. 76; Her. 1, 80; γῆς ἱερᾶς οὔσης τῶν πάντων θεῶν Plat. Legg. V, 741 c; ἱερὸς ὁ [[χῶρος]] τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος Xen. An. 5, 3, 13. – Von Kampfspielen, die zu Ehren der Götter stattfinden, ἀγῶνες, ἄεθλα, Pind. N. 2, 4. 6, 61 Ol. 8, 64; [[κύκλος]], der Kreis, in dem Gericht gehalten wird, der dem Zeus heilig ist, Il. 18, 504; [[γάμος]] Plat. Rep. V, 458 e Legg. VIII, 841 d; [[νόσος]] XI, 916 a; γράμματα Tim. 27 b. – Auch [[τύμβος]], [[θήκη]], Soph. O. C. 1542. 1760; Eur. Suppl. 981. – Bes. von Opfern und allem dazu Gehörigen, [[ἑκατόμβη]], Il. 1, 99, χοαί, Soph. O. C. 470, [[νόμος]], sich auf die Opfer u. Feste beziehend, Dem. 21, 35, der ibd. §. 16 auch [[ἐσθής]], ein Opferod. Festkleid so nennt u. hinzusetzt ἱερὰν γὰρ [[νομίζω]] πᾶσαν, ὅσην ἄν τις [[ἕνεκα]] τῆς ἑορτῆς παρασκευάσηται, [[τέως]] ἂν χρησθῇ; vgl. ὀφείλειν ἑπτὰ δραχμὰς ἱερας τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ Dem. 24, 22. – Am gewöhnlichsten τὰ [[ἱερά]],<b class="b2"> Opfer</b>, wie Hom. so oft ἱερὰ ῥέζειν, auch ἱερὰ [[δίδωμι]], Od. 16, 184, u. im sing. ὄφρ' ἱρὸν ἑτοιμασσαίατ' Ἀθήνῃ Il. 10, 571; ἄπυρα [[ἱερά]], Pind. Ol. 7, 48, wie Aesch. Ag. 70; δήμια, πατρῷα, Spt. 160. 1001; ἔμμηνα, Soph. El. 273; αἴθειν, τελεῖν, Phil. 1022 Eur. Bacch. 485; in Prosa, ἱερὰ θύσας Thuc. 2, 71, ἐν ἱερῶν θυσίαις Plat. Rep. III, 394 a; ὅτι τὰ ἱερὰ καὶ τὰ σφάγια καλὰ εἴη, ersteres die Eingeweide der Opferthiere u. die aus ihnen entnommenen Vorbedeutungen, letzteres andere beim Opfer vorkommende Kennzeichen, Xen. An. 1, 8, 15 u. öfter, wie τά τε ἱερὰ καλὰ τά τε σφάγια κάλλιστα 6, 3, 21; ἐπεὶ τὰ ἱερὰ ἐγένετο, da die Opfer zusagten, die Eingeweideschau glücklich ablief, 6, 2, 9, wofür Her. προχωρεῖ χρηστά sagt, 5, 44; – τὸ [[ἱερόν]], der Tempel, τῆς Δίκης, Eur. Hel. 1008 u. öfter; Her. 2, 112; ἱερῶν ἱδρύσεις Plat. Rep. IV, 427 b; μέγιστα τοῦ Ἔρωτος ἱερὰ κατασκευάσαι καὶ βωμούς Conv. 189 c; bes. der Tempel in Delphi, Dem. 19, 327. Aus Thuc. 4, 90, τάφρον περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ τὸν νεὼν ἔσκαπτον, geht die allgemeine Bdtg "Heiligthum" hervor; nach Ammon. der Tempelbezirk, ἱερὸν καὶ [[τέμενος]] ἱδρύσασθαι Ath. XIII, 595 c. – Von Menschen, ἱερὸς καὶ [[εὐσεβής]], heilig, Soph. O. C. 288; bei Ar. Ran. 651 mit Hindeutung auf die Einweihung in die Mysterien. Anders Αχαιῶν ἱερὸς [[στρατός]], das göttliche, stattliche Heer, Il. 24, 81, wie [[τέλος]] [[ἱερόν]], die heilige Wächterschaar 10, 56. Für das röm. sacrosanctus, Plut. Tib. Gracch. 14. 15 u. öfter. – Sprichwörtlich war ἡ ἱερὰ [[συμβουλή]], Xen. An. 5, 6, 4; vgl. Plat. Theag. 122 a u. Zenob. 4, 40. S. auch ἱερὰ [[ἄγκυρα]] unter [[ἄγκυρα]]. Ein anderer sprichwörtlicher Ausdruck τὸν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς, vollständig τὸν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς γραμμῆς λίθον od. πεττὸν κινεῖν, d. i. das Letzte, Aeußerste wagen, Ar. Eccl. 987; vgl. Diogen. 5, 41 u. daselbst die Erklärer, u. s. [[γραμμή]]. – Von einem Wurfe mit Würfeln, Eubul. Poll. 7, 205. – [Hom. braucht in den Formen, wo die letzte Sylbe kurz ist, ι lang, z. B. ἱερὸν [[ἦμαρ]], ἱερὰ ῥέζειν, u. so sp. Ep.] – Ueber die Vrbdgn mit [[ὅσιος]] u. den Unterschied davon s. letzteres.
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(v. sub fin.), ά, όν, also ός, όν in the phrase

   A ἱερὸς ἀκτή Hes. Op.597, 805, Orac. ap. Hdt.8.77: Ion. and poet. ἱρός, ή, όν (v. sub fin.): Dor. and N. Greek ἱᾰρός IG22.1126.20, etc.: Aeol. ἶρος Sapph.Supp.23.25, Alc.Supp.8.4, but ἴαρος (corr. from ἴερ-) Sapph. Supp.20a.6: Sup. ἱερώτατος Ar.Eq.582 (lyr.), Pl.Lg.755e.    I filled with or manifesting divine power, supernatural, ἱ. ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο Od.2.409, al.; ἱ. μένος Ἀλκινόοιο 8.421, etc.; ἄλφιτον, ἀλωαί, Il.11.631, 5.499; Δημήτερος ἱερὸς ἀκτή Hes.Op.Il.c.; of natural objects or phenomena, rivers, Od.10.351, Il.11.726, E.Med.410 (lyr.); λιβάς, of the Spercheus, S.Ph.1215 (lyr.); ἱεραὶ βῆσσαι Κίρκης 'faery', Od.10.275; ἱ. ἦμαρ, κνέφας, Il.8.66, 11.194; φάος Hes.Op. 339; ἱερὸς δίφρος (where δ. perh.= ἵπποι) Il.17.464; after Hom., ἱ. χεῦμα θαλάσσης A.Fr.192 (anap.); ἱ. κῦμα E.Hipp.1206, cf. Cyc. 265; ὄμβρος S.OT1428; δρόσοι E.Ion117 (lyr.); ὕπνος, of death, Call.Epigr.11; ἔστι μὲν οὐδὲν ἱ. no great matter, Theoc.5.22.    II of divine things, holy, ἱεροῖς ἐν δώμασι Κίρκης Od.10.426; ἱ. γένος ἀθανάτων Hes.Th.21; λέχος, of Zeus, ib.57; δόσις the gift of God, ib. 93; πόλεμος holy war, 'crusade', Ar.Av.556, etc.    2 of earthly things, hallowed, consecrated, βωμοί Il.2.305; ἱ. δόμος, of the temple of Athena, 6.89; ἱ. ἑκατόμβη 1.99,431, etc.; ἐλαίη Od.13.372; χοαί S.OC469, etc.; ἱρὰ γράμματα hieroglyphics, Hdt.2.36; but ἱ. γράμματα of the Holy Scriptures, 2 Ep.Tim.3.15; ἱ. βύβλοι OGI56.70 (Canopus, iii B.C.); ἱ. ἄγαλμα, τρίπους, S.OT1379, E.Ion512, etc.; χρήματα Pl.R.568d, etc.; ἱ. τὸ σῶμα τῷ θεῷ δίδωμ' ἔχειν E.Ion 1285; ἱ. σώματα, of ἱερόδουλοι, Str.6.2.6; χῆνες Plu.2.325c; of animals regarded as 'taboo', [κριοί] εἰσί σφι ἱ. διὰ τοῦτο Hdt.2.42; so perh. ἱ. ἰχθύς Il.16.407; of the Roman Tribunes,= Lat. sacrosanctus, ἱ. καὶ ἄσυλος Plu.TG15, etc.; of Augustus, Mon.Anc.Gr. 5.17; ἱ. νόμος law of sacrifice, D.21.35, cf. SIG685.81 (ii B.C.); ἱ. λόγος legend, Hdt.2.81, etc.; οἱ παλαιοὶ καὶ ἱ. λόγοι Pl.Ep.335a; ἱ. γάμος mystical marriage, a religious ceremony, Men.320, Phot. s.v.; opp. βέβηλος, as sacred to profane, D.H.7.8, AB223; but more freq. ἱ. καὶ ὅσιος Th.2.52, X.Vect.5.4, etc.; cf. ὅσιος.    3 under divine protection, freq. of places, Ἴλιος Il.5.648, Alc.Supp.8.4; Πύλος Od. 21.108; Θήβη Sapph.Supp.20a.6; Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον, Τροίης ἱερὰ κρήδεμνα, Od.1.2, Il.16.100; Ἀθῆναι Od.11.323, cf. Pi.Fr.75, S. Aj.1221 (lyr.), Ps.-Orac. ap. Ar.Eq.1037; Σούνιον ἱρόν Od.3.278; ἱ. κύκλος the judge's seat under the protection of Zeus, Il.18.504: with gen. of the divinity, ἄλσος ἱρὸν Ἀθηναίης, ἄντρον ἱρὸν νυμφάων, Od.6.322, 13.104, cf. Hdt.1.80,2.41, Ar.Pl.937, X.An.5.3.13, etc.; γῆ καὶ ἑστία ἱερὰ πᾶσι πάντων θεῶν Pl.Lg.955e; χωρίον ὡς -ώτατον ib.755e, cf. Ti.45a; with gen. of a human being, Γναθίου . . ἱ. εἰμι IG12.920.    b of persons, φυλάκων ἱ. τέλος Il.10.56; ἱ. πυλαωροί 24.681; στρατός Od.24.81; βασιλέες Pi.P.5.97; ἱ. εὐσεβής τε, of Oedipus, S.OC287; ἅνθρωπος ἱ. initiated, Ar.Ra.652; c. gen. of a divinity, deuoted, dedicated, E.Alc.75, Pl.Phd.85b.    c under the Roman Empire,= sacer, imperial, ἐκ τῶν ἱερῶν τοῦ Καίσαρος γραμμάτων IGRom.4.571 (Aezani, ii A.D.); ὁ -ώτατος φίσκος, τὸ -ώτατον ταμιεῖον, ib.3.727 (Lycia), SIG888.10 (Scaptopara, iii A.D.), etc.; τὸ -ώτατον βῆμα (of the praefectus Aegypti), PHamb.4.8 (i A.D.): generally, worshipful, ἱ. σύνοδος OGI713.9 (Egypt, iii A.D.), etc.    III as Subst.,    1 ἱερά, Ion. ἱρά, τά, offerings, victims, ἱερὰ ῥέξας Il.1.147, etc.; ἔρδειν Hes.Op.336; διδόναι Od.16.184; ἀλλ' ὅ γε δέκτο μὲν ἱρά Il.2.420, cf. 23.207: less freq. in sg., ὄφρ' ἱρὸν ἑτοιμασσαίατ' Ἀθήνῃ 10.571; θῦσαι ἱρά Hdt.1.59, 8.54, etc.; θυσίας καὶ ἱρὰ ποιέειν Id.2.63; αἴθειν S. Ph.1033; ἱ. πατρῷα A.Th.1015; ἱ. ἐπιχώρια Democr.259.    b after Hom., omens afforded by sacrifice, τὰ ἱρὰ οὐ προεχώρεε χρηστά Hdt. 5.44; τὰ ἱερὰ καλὰ [ἦν] X.An.1.8.15; simply οὐκ ἐγίγνετο τὰ ἱ. ib. 2.2.3.    c generally, sacred objects or rites, Hdt.1.172,4.33; τῶν ὑμετέρων ἱ. καὶ κοινῶν μετεῖχον D.57.3; of cult-images, IG Rom.3.800 (syllium).    2 after Hom., ἱερόν, Ion. ἱρόν, τό, holy place, Hdt.5.119,al.; opp. νηός, Id.2.170, cf. Th.4.90,5.18; freq. of a temple, ἔστι δὲ ἐν τῷ τεμένεϊ . . ἱρόν κτλ. Hdt.2.112; of the Jewish temple, LXX 1 Ch.29.4, Plb.16.39.4, Str.16.2.34, Ev.Matt.24.1.    3 ἱερὸν τῆς δίκης a sacred principle of right, E.Hel.1002.    4 ἱερός, ὁ (sc. μήν), name of month at Delos, IG12.377.22, 11(2).203A31 (iii B.C.).    5 ἱεροί, οἱ, members of a religious college or guild, ib.5(1).1390.1, al. (Andania, i B.C.), prob. in SIG1010.7 (Chalcedon), etc.; also of women, ἱεραί, αἱ, IG5(1). l.c., cf. 1511 (Sparta).    b = ἱερόδουλος, ib. 1356 (Messenia, V B.C.), Inscr.Perg.572, GDI5702.39 (Samos).    IV special phrases, post-Hom.,    1 prov., ἱ. ἄγκυρα one's last hope, Plu. 2.815d, Luc.JTr.51, Fug.13, Poll.1.93, Gal.11.182.    2 ἱ. βόλος, name of a throw at dice, Eub.57.1.    3 ἱ. βοτάνη, v. βοτάνη.    4 . (sc. γραμμή) (cf. γραμμή 111.1), last line of draught-board, κινήσαις τὸν ἀπ' ἴρας . . λίθον Alc.82, cf. Epich.225, Sophr.127; τὴν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς (v.l. τὴν ἱεράν) Plu.Cor.32.    5 ἱ. ἰχθύς,= ἀνθίας, Arist.HA 620b35, cf. Ath.7.282e, Plu.2.981d.    6 ἱ. λόχος, v. λόχος.    7 ἱερά (sc. νίκη), ἡ, drawn contest, dead heat (because the prize was assigned to the god), SIG1073.48 (Olymp.); ποιῆσαι ἱεράν, of the competitor, Wood Ephesus, App.vi p.70; so ἱ. ἀθλήματα Inscr.Olymp.56; ἱερὸς ὁ στέφανος ἐκρίθη IG9(2).525 (Larissa); τὸ παγκράτιον ἱ. ἐγένετο ib.527 (ibid.); ἱερός (sc. ἀγών) ib.7.2727.19, 24 (Acraeph.): metaph., ἱερὸν ποιῆσαι τὸν στέφανον 'divide the honours', Plb.1.58.5, 29.8.9.    8 ἱ. νόσος epilepsy, Hdt.3.33, Hp.Morb. Sacr.tit., Thphr.HP9.11.3, etc., cf. Call.Aet.3.1.14: metaph., τὴν οἴησιν ἱ. νόσον ἔλεγε Heraclit.46 ( = Epicur.Fr.224).    9 ἡ ἱ. ὁδός the sacred road to Delphi, Hdt.6.34; also, from Athens to Eleusis, Cratin. 61, Paus.1.36.3, Harp. s.v.; and that from Elis to Olympia, Paus. 5.25.7.    10 ἱ. ὀστέον, os sacrum, the last bone of the spine, Hp. Art.45, Plu.2.981d, Gal.UP5.8, etc.    11 ἱ. συμβουλή sacred duty of an adviser, Pl.Ep.321c, X.An.5.6.4, cf. Pl.Thg.122b, Luc.Rh.Pr. 1.    12 ἱ. σῦριγξ spinal canal, Poll.2.180.    13 ἱερὰ τριήρης, of the Delian ship, or one of the state-ships (Salaminia or Paralos), D.4.34.    14 freq. in geographical names, e.g. ἱ ἄκρα, in Lycia, Str. 14.3.8; ἱ. ἀκρωτήριον, in Spain, Cape St. Vincent, Id.2.4.3; ἱ. κώμη, in Lydia, Plb.16.1.8; ἱ. νῆσος, one of the Liparean group, Th.3.88; one of the insulae Aegates, Plb.1.60.3.    V Adv. -ρῶς holily, ἀποθανεῖν v.l. in Plu.Lyc.27. [ῐ by nature, but sts. ῑ in Ep., esp. in endings of hexameters, ἱ. ἰχθύς, ἱ. ἦμαρ, ἱερὰ ῥέξας, ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ ἀκτή, Il.16.407, 8.66, 1.147, 11.631; ῑερόν in the first foot of a hex., Theoc.5.22; also in compds. ἱεραγωγός, ἱεροθαλλής, ἱερόφωνος: ῑ always in contr. form ἱρός wh. is used in Ep., Hdt., and some Ion. inscrr., as IG12(8).265.9 (Thasos), cf. Semon.7.56, Herod.4.79, al., but is rarely found in codd. of Hp. (never in Heraclit. or Democr.); also in Trag., A.Th.268, etc., but never required by metre in lyr. of Com.]

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[Seite 1242] auch 2 Endgn, Hes. O. 599. 807 u. im Orak, bei Her. 8, 77; ion. ἱρός, was auch bei den Epikern vorkommt; äol. ἰαρός; dor. ἱαρός, Inscr.; nach Hemsterh. von ἵημι, ursprünglich von geweihten Thieren, die man frei gehen ließ, vgl. ἄφετος, schwerlich richtig; eben so wenig mit ἰή zusammenhangend; nach sprachvgl. Gramm. verwandt mit dem Sanskrit. ishiras, "kräftig", s. Curtius Grundz. d. Griech. Etym. 2. Aufl. S. 358. Vielleicht ist die Bdtg "kräftig" in einigen Homerischen Verbindungen erkennbar; vielleicht ist aber auch bei Homer überall die Bdtg "heilig" anzunehmen, wie in der übrigen Griech. Literatur. – a) von Allem, was die Götter betrifft u. zu ihnen in irgend einer Beziehung steht; ἱεροῖς ἐν δώμασι Κίρκης Od. 10, 426, Götterwohnung; Hes. spricht selbst von ἱερὸν γένος ἀθανάτων, Th. 21; Ζεὺς ἱερὸν λέχος εἰσαναβαίνων, das Götterlager, 57; τοίη Μουσάων ἱερὴ δόσις 93; φάος Hes. O. 337; ἦμαρ Il. 17, 455; das Tageslicht kommt von den Göttern, wie die Finsterniß, κνέφας, 11, 194; νύξ Eur. Ion 117. – Die ganze Natur ist von den Göttern erfüllt u. ihnen heilig; ποταμοί Od. 10, 351; ἱερὸν ῥόον Ἀλφειοῖο Il. 11, 756, wie Soph. σὰν λιπὼν ἱερὰν λιβάδα Phil. 1200 u. Eur. Med. 410; so Ἐρυθρᾶς ἱερὸν χεῦμα Aesch. frg. 178; κῦμα Eur. Hipp. 1206; ὄμβρος, heiliges Naß, Soph. O. R. 1428; so nennt auch Hom. den Fisch ἱερός, denn er ist als Wasserbewohner dem Poseidon heilig, Il. 16, 407, was Alte auf manche andere wunderliche Weise erklären, z. B. = διερός; Ath. VII, 282 e; Arist. H. A. 9, 37 = ἀνθίας; Aristarch erklärte ἱερὸν ἰχθὺν = τὸν ἀνετὸν καὶ εὐτραφῆ. – Auch die Erde, Haine, Berge u. dgl., βῆσσαι Od. 10, 275, γῆ Soph. Phil. 700, Ἴδας ὄρος Eur. Or. 1383; alle einzelnen Länder, Inseln u. Städte, da ihnen besondere Schutzgottheiten vorstehen; Εὐβοίης ἱερῆς Il. 2, 535; Πύλος Od. 21, 108; Θήβην ἱερὴν πόλιν II. 1, 366; Ζέλεια, Πέργαμος, Ἀθῆναι, Od. 11, 323, wie Pind. frg. 45 u. Soph. Ai. 1200; Σικυών, Ταίναρος, Pind. N. 9, 53 P. 4, 44; Μέμφις, Τμῶλος, Aesch. Pers. 36. 49 u. Eur. Bacch. 64; Ἴλιος, Troad. 123; ὦ γᾶς ἱερὸν οἰκείας πέδονΣαλαμῖνος Soph. Ai. 846, wie Eur. Troad. 1096; Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον Od. 1, 2, wie Τροίης ἱερὰ κρήδεμνα Il. 16, 100. – So auch ἱερὰς κατ' ἀλωάς Il. 5, 499, denn sie sind der Demeter heilig; ἐλαίρ, der der Athene heilige Oelbaum, Od. 13, 372; ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ ἀκτή Il. 11, 631, denn auch das Getreide ist eine Göttergabe. – So heißen auch die Könige, die unter dem Schutze der Götter stehen, von ihnen eingesetzt sind, ἱεροί, Pind. P. 5, 97; u. so ist auch das bei Hom. oft vorkommende ἱερὴ ἲς Τηλεμάχοιο, ἱερὸν μένος Ἀλκινόοιο zu fassen; der Wagen des Achilleus δίφρος ἱερός, Il. 17, 464. – b) was die Menschen den Göttern geweiht haben, heilig, zum Gottesdienst gehörig, vgl. Eur. ἱερὸν τὸ σῶμα τῷ θεῷ δίδωμι ἔχειν, Ion 1285, u. Plat. ὅσα ἱερὰ κριθέντα ποιήματα ἐδόθη τοῖς θεοῖς, Legg. VIII, 829 e; ἱερὸς δόμος, Tempel, Il. 6, 89; χῶρος Soph. O. C. 16. 54; δαιμόνων ἀγάλματα, die Standbilder der Götter in den Tempeln, O. R. 1379; Eur. I. T 1441; ξόανον Troad. 525; εἴδωλον Ἥρας Hel. 1150; βωμός, der Altar, Il. 2, 305 Soph. Tr. 989, der ihn auch ἱερὸν ἕρκος nennt, 604. – Die Gottheit, der Etwas geweiht ist, wird im gen. hinzugesetzt, ἄλσος ἱρὸν Ἀθηναίης Od. 6, 326, ἄντρον ἱρὸν Νυμφάων 13, 104; Eur. Alc. 76; Her. 1, 80; γῆς ἱερᾶς οὔσης τῶν πάντων θεῶν Plat. Legg. V, 741 c; ἱερὸς ὁ χῶρος τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος Xen. An. 5, 3, 13. – Von Kampfspielen, die zu Ehren der Götter stattfinden, ἀγῶνες, ἄεθλα, Pind. N. 2, 4. 6, 61 Ol. 8, 64; κύκλος, der Kreis, in dem Gericht gehalten wird, der dem Zeus heilig ist, Il. 18, 504; γάμος Plat. Rep. V, 458 e Legg. VIII, 841 d; νόσος XI, 916 a; γράμματα Tim. 27 b. – Auch τύμβος, θήκη, Soph. O. C. 1542. 1760; Eur. Suppl. 981. – Bes. von Opfern und allem dazu Gehörigen, ἑκατόμβη, Il. 1, 99, χοαί, Soph. O. C. 470, νόμος, sich auf die Opfer u. Feste beziehend, Dem. 21, 35, der ibd. §. 16 auch ἐσθής, ein Opferod. Festkleid so nennt u. hinzusetzt ἱερὰν γὰρ νομίζω πᾶσαν, ὅσην ἄν τις ἕνεκα τῆς ἑορτῆς παρασκευάσηται, τέως ἂν χρησθῇ; vgl. ὀφείλειν ἑπτὰ δραχμὰς ἱερας τῇ Ἀθηνᾷ Dem. 24, 22. – Am gewöhnlichsten τὰ ἱερά, Opfer, wie Hom. so oft ἱερὰ ῥέζειν, auch ἱερὰ δίδωμι, Od. 16, 184, u. im sing. ὄφρ' ἱρὸν ἑτοιμασσαίατ' Ἀθήνῃ Il. 10, 571; ἄπυρα ἱερά, Pind. Ol. 7, 48, wie Aesch. Ag. 70; δήμια, πατρῷα, Spt. 160. 1001; ἔμμηνα, Soph. El. 273; αἴθειν, τελεῖν, Phil. 1022 Eur. Bacch. 485; in Prosa, ἱερὰ θύσας Thuc. 2, 71, ἐν ἱερῶν θυσίαις Plat. Rep. III, 394 a; ὅτι τὰ ἱερὰ καὶ τὰ σφάγια καλὰ εἴη, ersteres die Eingeweide der Opferthiere u. die aus ihnen entnommenen Vorbedeutungen, letzteres andere beim Opfer vorkommende Kennzeichen, Xen. An. 1, 8, 15 u. öfter, wie τά τε ἱερὰ καλὰ τά τε σφάγια κάλλιστα 6, 3, 21; ἐπεὶ τὰ ἱερὰ ἐγένετο, da die Opfer zusagten, die Eingeweideschau glücklich ablief, 6, 2, 9, wofür Her. προχωρεῖ χρηστά sagt, 5, 44; – τὸ ἱερόν, der Tempel, τῆς Δίκης, Eur. Hel. 1008 u. öfter; Her. 2, 112; ἱερῶν ἱδρύσεις Plat. Rep. IV, 427 b; μέγιστα τοῦ Ἔρωτος ἱερὰ κατασκευάσαι καὶ βωμούς Conv. 189 c; bes. der Tempel in Delphi, Dem. 19, 327. Aus Thuc. 4, 90, τάφρον περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ τὸν νεὼν ἔσκαπτον, geht die allgemeine Bdtg "Heiligthum" hervor; nach Ammon. der Tempelbezirk, ἱερὸν καὶ τέμενος ἱδρύσασθαι Ath. XIII, 595 c. – Von Menschen, ἱερὸς καὶ εὐσεβής, heilig, Soph. O. C. 288; bei Ar. Ran. 651 mit Hindeutung auf die Einweihung in die Mysterien. Anders Αχαιῶν ἱερὸς στρατός, das göttliche, stattliche Heer, Il. 24, 81, wie τέλος ἱερόν, die heilige Wächterschaar 10, 56. Für das röm. sacrosanctus, Plut. Tib. Gracch. 14. 15 u. öfter. – Sprichwörtlich war ἡ ἱερὰ συμβουλή, Xen. An. 5, 6, 4; vgl. Plat. Theag. 122 a u. Zenob. 4, 40. S. auch ἱερὰ ἄγκυρα unter ἄγκυρα. Ein anderer sprichwörtlicher Ausdruck τὸν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς, vollständig τὸν ἀφ' ἱερᾶς γραμμῆς λίθον od. πεττὸν κινεῖν, d. i. das Letzte, Aeußerste wagen, Ar. Eccl. 987; vgl. Diogen. 5, 41 u. daselbst die Erklärer, u. s. γραμμή. – Von einem Wurfe mit Würfeln, Eubul. Poll. 7, 205. – [Hom. braucht in den Formen, wo die letzte Sylbe kurz ist, ι lang, z. B. ἱερὸν ἦμαρ, ἱερὰ ῥέζειν, u. so sp. Ep.] – Ueber die Vrbdgn mit ὅσιος u. den Unterschied davon s. letzteres.