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ἱερᾱτ-ικός

ieratikos

priestly, sacerdotal

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Where it lives

Esdras I 2 · 2.43/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

ἱερᾱτ-ικός · hierat-ikos — LSJ

priestly, sacerdotal, priestly caste, in a sacerdotal sense, as a priest should

priestly, sacerdotal, θυσίαι Arist. Pol. 1285b10; ὑπομνήματα Plu. Marc. 5; στέφανος, ἁγιστεῖαι, Id. Aud.poet. 2.34e, QConv. 729a; ὀνόματα Luc. Philops. 12; λόγος Ptol. Tetr. 87 (-ατητικός codd.); βίος Jul. Ep. 89b; ἡ ἱ. (sc. τέχνη), = ἱερατεία, Pl. Plt. 290d; οἱ ἱ. the priestly caste, Hld. 7.11, cf. Dam. Pr. 399. Adv. -κῶς in a sacerdotal sense, ib. 256; ἱ. ζῆν as a priest should, Jul. l.c.; σεμνῶς καὶ ἱ. κρίνειν δίκας Just. Nov. 79.1.

ἱ. βύβλος, χάρτης, name of a kind of papyrus, Str. 17.1.15, PMag.Par. 1.2105; κόλλημα, πιττάκιον, made of this material, ib. 2068,3142.

II devoted to sacred purposes, sacred fund

devoted to sacred purposes, τὰ ἱ. the sacred fund, IGRom. 3.1137 (Syria, iii A.D.).

III plaster

ἱερᾱτ-ικόν, τό, name of a plaster, Gal. 13.183.

In the wild

ἱερατικαί · hieratikai Aristotle, Politics 1285b (DIORISIS sentence 1280)
ἱερατικῆς · hieratikēs Plato, Statesman 290
ἱερατικὴν · hieratikēn Septuaginta, Esdras I 4
ἱερατικὰς · hieratikas Septuaginta, Esdras I 5
ἱερατικαῖς · hieratikais Septuaginta, Machabaeorum II 3

Where it came from

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