"ἱερεύς" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /hi.e.rěu̯s/, /i.eˈreɸs/, /i.eˈrefs/, /hi.e.rěu̯s/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)i.eˈrews/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /i.eˈreɸs/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /i.eˈrefs/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /i.eˈrefs/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ῐ̔ερός (hierós, “holy”) + -εύς (-eús, suffix for person concerned). Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀋𐀩𐀄 (i-je-re-u). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ῐ̔ερός|-εύς|pos2=suffix for person concerned|t1=holy}} ῐ̔ερός (hierós, “holy”) + -εύς (-eús, suffix for person concerned), {{cog|gmy|𐀂𐀋𐀩𐀄}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀋𐀩𐀄 (i-je-re-u) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ῐ̔ερεύς|ῐ̔ερέως|m|third}} ῐ̔ερεύς • (hiereús) m (genitive ῐ̔ερέως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ῐ̔ερεύς|έως|dial=att}}, {{grc-decl|ῐ̔ερεύς|έως|dial=epi}} Forms: ῐ̔ερεύς [canonical], hiereús [romanization], ῐ̔ερέως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ ῐ̔ερεύς [nominative, singular], τὼ ῐ̔ερῆ [dual, nominative], οἱ ῐ̔ερῆς [nominative, plural], ῐ̔ερεῖς [nominative, plural], τοῦ ῐ̔ερέως [genitive, singular], τοῖν ῐ̔ερέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ῐ̔ερέων [genitive, plural], τῷ ῐ̔ερεῖ [dative, singular], τοῖν ῐ̔ερέοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ῐ̔ερεῦσῐ [dative, plural], ῐ̔ερεῦσῐν [dative, plural], toîs hiereûsi [dative, plural], toîs hiereûsin [dative, plural], τὸν ῐ̔ερέᾱ [accusative, singular], τὼ ῐ̔ερῆ [accusative, dual], τοὺς ῐ̔ερέᾱς [accusative, plural], ῐ̔ερεῦ [singular, vocative], ῐ̔ερῆ [dual, vocative], ῐ̔ερῆς [plural, vocative], ῐ̔ερεῖς [plural, vocative], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], ῐ̔ερεύς [nominative, singular], ῐ̔ερῆε [dual, nominative], ῐ̔ερῆες [nominative, plural], ῐ̔ερῆος [genitive, singular], ῐ̔ερέος [genitive, singular], ῐ̔ερήοιῐν [dual, genitive], ῐ̔ερήων [genitive, plural], ῐ̔ερῆῐ̈ [dative, singular], ῐ̔ερέῐ̈ [dative, singular], ῐ̔ερήοιῐν [dative, dual], ῐ̔ερήεσσῐ [dative, plural], ῐ̔ερήεσσῐν [dative, plural], ῐ̔ερεῦσῐ [dative, plural], ῐ̔ερεῦσῐν [dative, plural], hierḗessi [dative, plural], hierḗessin [dative, plural], hiereûsi [dative, plural], hiereûsin [dative, plural], ῐ̔ερῆᾰ [accusative, singular], ῐ̔ερέᾰ [accusative, singular], ῐ̔ερῆε [accusative, dual], ῐ̔ερῆᾰς [accusative, plural], ῐ̔ερεῦ [singular, vocative], ῐ̔ερῆε [dual, vocative], ῐ̔ερῆες [plural, vocative]
  1. priest, diviner, sacrificer Categories (topical): Occupations, Religion Synonyms: ῐ̔έρειᾰ (hiéreia) (english: priestess) [feminine], ῐ̔ᾰρεύς (hiareús) [Doric], ῑ̔ρεύς (hīreús) [Ionic], Epic Derived forms: ἱερατεία (hierateía), ἱερατεύω (hierateúō), ἱερατικός (hieratikós)

Inflected forms

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          },
          "expansion": "Greek: ιερέας m (ieréas)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ιερέας m (ieréas)"
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      ]
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ῐ̔ερέων",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τῷ ῐ̔ερεῖ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῐ̔ερέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn hieréoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ῐ̔ερεῦσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῦσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "toîs hiereûsi",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs hiereûsin",
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        "plural"
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      ]
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        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
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        "nominative"
      ]
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      "roman": "hierêes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερήοιῐν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερήων",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆῐ̈",
      "roman": "hierêï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερέῐ̈",
      "roman": "hieréï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερήοιῐν",
      "roman": "hierḗoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερήεσσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερήεσσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῦσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῦσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hierḗessi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hierḗessin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "hiereûsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiereûsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆᾰ",
      "roman": "hierêa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερέᾰ",
      "roman": "hieréa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆε",
      "roman": "hierêe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆᾰς",
      "roman": "hierêas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῦ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆε",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆες",
      "roman": "hierêes",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ῐ̔ερεύς",
        "2": "ῐ̔ερέως",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ῐ̔ερεύς • (hiereús) m (genitive ῐ̔ερέως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ῐ̔ερεύς",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -εύς",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "grc:Occupations",
          "parents": [
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            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "grc:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "hierateía",
          "word": "ἱερατεία"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hierateúō",
          "word": "ἱερατεύω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hieratikós",
          "word": "ἱερατικός"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "priest, diviner, sacrificer"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἱερεύς-grc-noun-fwOdyiUv",
      "links": [
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "diviner",
          "diviner"
        ],
        [
          "sacrificer",
          "sacrificer"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "english": "priestess",
          "roman": "hiéreia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ῐ̔έρειᾰ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hiareús",
          "tags": [
            "Doric"
          ],
          "word": "ῐ̔ᾰρεύς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hīreús",
          "tags": [
            "Ionic"
          ],
          "word": "ῑ̔ρεύς"
        },
        {
          "word": "Epic"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hi.e.rěu̯s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.eˈreɸs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.eˈrefs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi.e.rěu̯s/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)i.eˈrews/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.eˈreɸs/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.eˈrefs/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.eˈrefs/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἱερεύς"
}
{
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    {
      "roman": "hierateía",
      "word": "ἱερατεία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hierateúō",
      "word": "ἱερατεύω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hieratikós",
      "word": "ἱερατικός"
    }
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: ιερέας m (ieréas)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "иерей",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: иерей m (ijerej)"
    }
  ],
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        "t1": "holy"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀂𐀋𐀩𐀄"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ῐ̔ερός (hierós, “holy”) + -εύς (-eús, suffix for person concerned). Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀋𐀩𐀄 (i-je-re-u).",
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      "form": "ῐ̔ερεύς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "hiereús",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερέως",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ ῐ̔ερεύς",
      "roman": "ho hiereús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῐ̔ερῆ",
      "roman": "tṑ hierê",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ ῐ̔ερῆς",
      "roman": "hoi hierês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῖς",
      "roman": "hiereîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ ῐ̔ερέως",
      "roman": "toû hieréōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῐ̔ερέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn hieréoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ῐ̔ερέων",
      "roman": "tôn hieréōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ ῐ̔ερεῖ",
      "roman": "tôi hiereî",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ῐ̔ερέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn hieréoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς ῐ̔ερεῦσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῦσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs hiereûsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs hiereûsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν ῐ̔ερέᾱ",
      "roman": "tòn hieréā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ῐ̔ερῆ",
      "roman": "tṑ hierê",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς ῐ̔ερέᾱς",
      "roman": "toùs hieréās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῦ",
      "roman": "hiereû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆ",
      "roman": "hierê",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆς",
      "roman": "hierês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῖς",
      "roman": "hiereîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεύς",
      "roman": "hiereús",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆε",
      "roman": "hierêe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆες",
      "roman": "hierêes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆος",
      "roman": "hierêos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερέος",
      "roman": "hieréos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερήοιῐν",
      "roman": "hierḗoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερήων",
      "roman": "hierḗōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆῐ̈",
      "roman": "hierêï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερέῐ̈",
      "roman": "hieréï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερήοιῐν",
      "roman": "hierḗoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερήεσσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερήεσσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῦσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῦσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hierḗessi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hierḗessin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiereûsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiereûsin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆᾰ",
      "roman": "hierêa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερέᾰ",
      "roman": "hieréa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆε",
      "roman": "hierêe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆᾰς",
      "roman": "hierêas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερεῦ",
      "roman": "hiereû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆε",
      "roman": "hierêe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ῐ̔ερῆες",
      "roman": "hierêes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῐ̔ερεύς",
        "2": "ῐ̔ερέως",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "ῐ̔ερεύς • (hiereús) m (genitive ῐ̔ερέως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῐ̔ερεύς",
        "2": "έως",
        "dial": "att"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ῐ̔ερεύς",
        "2": "έως",
        "dial": "epi"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -εύς",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
        "grc:Occupations",
        "grc:Religion"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "priest, diviner, sacrificer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "diviner",
          "diviner"
        ],
        [
          "sacrificer",
          "sacrificer"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hi.e.rěu̯s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.eˈreɸs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.eˈrefs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi.e.rěu̯s/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)i.eˈrews/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.eˈreɸs/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.eˈrefs/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.eˈrefs/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "priestess",
      "roman": "hiéreia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ῐ̔έρειᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hiareús",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "ῐ̔ᾰρεύς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hīreús",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "ῑ̔ρεύς"
    },
    {
      "word": "Epic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἱερεύς"
}

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