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The corpus record

ἱέρεια

iereia1 · ἡ

a priestess

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What it meant

ἱέρεια · hiereia — LSJ

a priestess

v.l. ἱερίαι), Ba. 1114, and perh. to be written ἱερέα, as in IG 1(2).4.13, 843a3, etc., and prob. in Pi. P. 4.5: Ep. ἱερέη Call. Epigr. 41: ἱερῆ, Schwyzer 725 (Milet., vi B.C.), GDI 5562 (Panticapaeum), 5584 (Priene), al.: ἱαρέα or ἱάρεα (pl. ἱαρεαι) ib. 4847: ἱάρεια dub. in IG 7.2465 (Thebes):—fem. of ἱερεύς, a priestess, τὴν . . ἔθηκαν Ἀθηναίης ἱέρειαν Il. 6.300, al., cf. Ar. Th. 758, Th. 4.133, Pl. Phdr. 244b, al., BCH 6.24 (Delos, ii B.C.), etc.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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