ἱερωσύνη
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
in Att. Inscrr. ἱερεωσύνη IG22.1235.8, al., also SIG2554.22 (Magn. Mae.), SIG31068.22 (Patmos, iii/ii B.C.), Milet.7.28, etc.: ἡ:—
A priesthood, Hdt.3.142, etc.; ἱερωσύνης μετασχεῖν D.59.92: in pl., priestly services, sacrifices, Sch.Ar.Pax923.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1243] ἡ, ion. ἱρωσύνη, Priesterthum, Amt u. Würde eines Priesters; Her. 4, 16 l; Plat. Legg. VI, 759 a; Isocr. 2, 6; ἱερωσύνην οὐδενὸς θεῶν κληρώσεται Aesch. 1, 188; προεκρίθην ἐν τοῖς εὐγενεστάτοις κληροῦσθαι τῆς ἱερωσύνης τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ Dem. 17, 46; ἱερωσύνης μετασχεῖν 59, 92; Sp. Im plur. auch = das Opfer, Schol. Ar. Pax 923.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἱερωσύνη: Ἰων. ἱρωσύνη, ἡ, τὸ ἀξίωμα τοῦ ἱερέως, Ἡρόδ. 3. 142, κ. ἀλλ., καὶ Ἀττ.· ἱερωσύνης μετασχεῖν Δημ. 1376. 18, Ἀριστοτέλ. Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία 31. 18., 61. 19., 84. 6: - ἐν τῷ πληθ., ἱερατικαὶ ἐργασίαι, θυσίαι, τελεταί, Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Εἰρ. 923· ἴδε ἐν λ. κληρόω Ι. 3. - Παρὰ τοῖς Ἐκκλ., ὁ χριστιανικὸς κλῆρος, οἱ ἱερεῖς, Ἐπιφάν. Ι. 868D, II. 824Β, Ἰω. Χρυσ. Ι. 382Β, κτλ.· - ἀπαντᾷ καὶ διὰ τοῦ ο, ἱεροσύνη Συλλ. Ἐπιγγρ. 2264p. σ. 1036, ὡς καὶ ἐν Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φυτ. 4. 5, 3.
