sacred
From LSJ
Βίος κέκληται δ' ὡς βίᾳ πορίζεται → Vi quia paratur vita, vita dicitur → Weil's auf gewaltsamem Streben beruht, heißt's Lebensgut
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adj.
P. and V. ἱερός, ὅσιος (when contrasted with ἱερός, ὁσιος = profane, secular), σεμνός, V. ἱρός, ἁγνός, σεπτός, Ar. and P. ἅγιος. Sacred to: P. and V. ἱερός (gen.), V. ἱρός (gen.); see consecrated. Inviolable: P. and V. ἄσυλος, V. ἀσύλητος; see inviolable. Sacred war: P. ὁ ἱερὸς πόλεμος (Thuc. 1, 112), πόλεμος Ἀμφικτυονικός (Dem. 275). Sacred rites: see rites.
