sacred

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

adjective

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.