ἱερατεία
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A priesthood, Arist.Pol.1328b13, OGI90.52 (Rosetta, ii B.C.), LXXEx.29.9, Ev.Luc.1.9, IG5(2).516 (Lycosura, i A. D.), etc.: Ion. ἱρητήη Schwyzer692 (Chios, V B.C.); later ἱερητείη and ἱέρᾱτ-α GDI ivpp.885-6 (Erythrae, iv B.C.), SIG1014.14 (ibid., iii B.C.), 1015.5 (Halic.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1240] ἡ, Priesterthum, Arist. pol. 7, 8 u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἱερᾱτεία: ἡ, τὸ ὑπούργημα τοῦ ἱερέως, ἡ ἱερωσύνη, ἡ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιμέλεια, Ἀριστ. Πολιτικ. 7. 8, 7, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 2059. 23., 2909, κ. ἀλλ., Καιν. Διαθ.· Ἰων. ἱερητεία, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 2656. 5.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
fonction de prêtre, prêtrise, sacerdoce.
Étymologie: ἱερατεύω.
English (Strong)
from ἱερατεύω; priestliness, i.e. the sacerdotal function: office of the priesthood, priest's office.
English (Thayer)
(WH ἱερατια; cf. Iota), ἱερατείας, ἡ (ἱερατεύω), the priesthood, the office of priest: Sept. for כְּהֻנָּה; Aristotle, pol. 7,8; Dionysius Halicarnassus; Boeckh, Inscriptions ii., pp. 127,23; 363,27.)
