ἱέρεια
See also: ιέρεια, ἱερεία, and ἱερεῖα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + -εια (-eia, feminine occupation suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.é.reː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)iˈe.ri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈe.ri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈe.ri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈe.ri.a/
Noun
ἱέρειᾰ • (hiéreia) f (genitive ἱερείᾱς); first declension
- priestess [+genitive = of a particular goddess]
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἱέρειᾰ; τῆς ἱερείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἱέρειᾰ hē hiéreia | τὼ ἱερείᾱ tṑ hiereíā | αἱ ἱέρειαι hai hiéreiai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἱερείᾱς tês hiereíās | τοῖν ἱερείαιν toîn hiereíain | τῶν ἱερειῶν tôn hiereiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἱερείᾳ têi hiereíāi | τοῖν ἱερείαιν toîn hiereíain | ταῖς ἱερείαις taîs hiereíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἱέρειᾰν tḕn hiéreian | τὼ ἱερείᾱ tṑ hiereíā | τᾱ̀ς ἱερείᾱς tā̀s hiereíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἱέρειᾰ hiéreia | ἱερείᾱ hiereíā | ἱέρειαι hiéreiai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- ἱερεύς m (hiereús, “priest”)
References
- ἱέρεια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἱέρεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press