1. ἱερεῖον · hiereion — LSJ
victim, animal for sacrifice
victim, animal for sacrifice, ἱρεύειν ἱερήϊον Od. 14.94; ἱερήϊα πολλὰ παρεῖχον ib. 250; ἐπεὶ οὐχ ἱ. οὐδὲ βοείην ἀρνύσθην Il. 22.159 (prov. for ‘no trifling stake’, Cic. Att. 1.1.4), cf. Hdt. 1.132, 6.57, Ar. Lys. 84, Pax 1091, And. 1.126; opp. <ἁγνὰ> θύματα, Th. 1.126; ἱερεῖον καὶ ἱερά Test.Epict. 5.35; freq. of sheep, OGI 214.62 (Didyma, iii B.C.), IPE 12.76 (Olbia, perh. iv B.C.); of pigs, PCair.Zen. 161 (iii B.C.).
2 offering for the dead
in Od. 11.23 (pl.), offering for the dead, for which, acc. to Sch., τόμιον or ἔντομον was more correct.
II cattle slaughtered for food
cattle slaughtered for food, Hp. Aff. 52, Mnesith. ap. Orib. 2.68.6: in pl., X. Cyr. 1.4.17; of sucking-pigs, Gal. 1.578, 10.489.