ἱεροκῆρυξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἱεροκᾶρῠξ (hierokârux) – Doric
Etymology
From ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) + κῆρυξ (kêrux, “herald”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.e.ro.kɛ̂ː.ryks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)i.e.roˈke̝.ryks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈci.ryks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈci.ryks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.e.roˈci.riks/
Noun
ἱεροκῆρῠξ • (hierokêrux) m (genitive ἱεροκήρῡκος); third declension
- herald or attendant at a sacrifice
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ἱεροκῆρῠξ; τοῦ ἱεροκήρῡκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἱεροκῆρῠξ ho hierokêrux | τὼ ἱεροκήρῡκε tṑ hierokḗrūke | οἱ ἱεροκήρῡκες hoi hierokḗrūkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἱεροκήρῡκος toû hierokḗrūkos | τοῖν ἱεροκηρῡ́κοιν toîn hierokērū́koin | τῶν ἱεροκηρῡ́κων tôn hierokērū́kōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἱεροκήρῡκῐ tôi hierokḗrūki | τοῖν ἱεροκηρῡ́κοιν toîn hierokērū́koin | τοῖς ἱεροκήρῡξῐ / ἱεροκήρῡξῐν toîs hierokḗrūxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἱεροκήρῡκᾰ tòn hierokḗrūka | τὼ ἱεροκήρῡκε tṑ hierokḗrūke | τοὺς ἱεροκήρῡκᾰς toùs hierokḗrūkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἱεροκῆρῠξ hierokêrux | ἱεροκήρῡκε hierokḗrūke | ἱεροκήρῡκες hierokḗrūkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἱεροκῆρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἱεροκῆρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἱεροκῆρυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette