ἱέρεια in Ancient Greek

IPA: /hi.é.reː.a/, /iˈe.ri.a/, /iˈe.ri.a/, /hi.é.reː.a/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)iˈe.ri.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /iˈe.ri.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /iˈe.ri.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /iˈe.ri.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From ἱερεύς (hiereús) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă). Synchronically analyzable as ἱερός (hierós) + -εια (-eia). Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀋𐀩𐀊 (i-je-re-ja) Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἱερεύς|-ῐᾰ}} ἱερεύς (hiereús) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă), {{af|grc|ἱερός|-εια|id2=base-υ}} ἱερός (hierós) + -εια (-eia), {{cog|gmy|𐀂𐀋𐀩𐀊}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀋𐀩𐀊 (i-je-re-ja) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἱερείᾱς|f|first|head=ἱέρειᾰ}} ἱέρειᾰ • (hiéreiă) f (genitive ἱερείᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἱέρειᾰ|ἱερείᾱς}} Forms: ἱέρειᾰ [canonical], hiéreiă [romanization], ἱερείᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἱέρειᾰ [nominative, singular], ἱερείᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἱέρειαι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἱερείᾱς [genitive, singular], ἱερείαιν [dual, genitive], ἱερειῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἱερείᾳ [dative, singular], ἱερείαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἱερείαις [dative, plural], τὴν ἱέρειᾰν [accusative, singular], ἱερείᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἱερείᾱς [accusative, plural], ἱέρειᾰ [singular, vocative], ἱερείᾱ [dual, vocative], ἱέρειαι [plural, vocative]

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"ἱέρεια" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun