ἱεροφάντης
ὅσα ἦν νενοσσευμένα ὀρνίθων γένεα → as many species of birds as had their nests, all the other kinds of birds which had been hatched
English (LSJ)
Ion. ἱρ-, ου, ὁ, (φαίνω)
A hierophant, one who teaches rites of sacrifice and worship, ἱ. τῶν χθονίων θεῶν Hdt.7.153; of the initiating priest at Eleusis, IG12.76.24, al., Lys.6.1, Is.7.9, Plu.Alc.33; at Rome,= pontifex, D.H.2.73, 3.36; of the pontifex maximus, Plu.Num.9; of the Jewish High Priest, Ph.2.322; of Moses, Id.1.117; later, mystical expounder, ἱ. τῆς τετρακτύος Hierocl.in CA20p.466M.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1243] ὁ, den heiligen Opfer- u. Gottesdienst zeigend, lehrend; der in Mysterien einführt, bes. der Vorsteher der eleusinischen Geheimnisse; in ion. Form ἱροφάντης Her. 7, 153; Is. 7, 9; Paus. 4, 26, 2; Plut. Num. 9 nennt so den pontifex maximus der Römer; vgl. D. Hal. 2, 73.
