ἀρχιερεύς
From LSJ
Περὶ τῶν Ἱπποκράτους καὶ Πλάτωνος δογμάτων → On the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato
English (LSJ)
έως, ὁ: Ion. ἀρχῐέρεως, εω, Hdt.2.37, also in Pl.Lg.947a: acc. pl. ἀρχιρέας v.l. in Hdt.2.142:—
A arch-priest, chief-priest, ll. cc., freq. in Inscrr., νήσου OGI93.3 (Cyprus), etc.: esp. in Roman provinces, of the Imperial cult, ἀ. Ἀσίας ib. 458.31, etc., cf. PRyl.149.2 (i A. D.), etc.:—at Rome, = pontifex, Plu. Num.9, etc.; ἀ. μέγιστος, = pontifex maximus, SIG832, etc. (but ἀρχιερεύς alone, IG7.2711, etc.):—at Jerusalem, high-priest, LXX Le. 4.3, Ev.Matt.26.3, etc. (Spelt ἀρχι-ιερεύς IGRom.4.882 (Themisonium)).
German (Pape)
[Seite 366] ὁ, Oberpriester, Her. 2, 143 u. öfter; pontifex maximus, Plut. Num. 9.
