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ἱερ-όω

ieroo

consecrate, dedicate

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ἱερ-όω · hier-oō — LSJ

consecrate, dedicate, to be consecrated

consecrate, dedicate, Pl. Lg. 771b; [τὰν γᾶν] ἃν Ἀμφικτίονες ἱάρωσαν IG 2(2).1126.16 (Amphict.); hιαρόντο( = ἱερούντων) Ἀπόλλονος Ἐχέτο ἄγαλμα Berl.Sitzb. 1927.8 (Locr., v B.C.); Thess. part. ἱερούοντος Schwyzer 553: pf. Pass. ἱερῶσθαι Th. 5.1, SIG 1006.4 (Cos, iii B.C.), etc.; ἱερωσύνην ἱερώσασθαι (v.l. ἱεράσασθαι) to be consecrated to a priesthood, Aeschin. 1.19:—also ἱερεόομαι, τὴν ἱερωσύνην ἀξίως ἱερεώσατο τοῦ θεοῦ IG 2(2).1271.13 (iii B.C.); τῷ θεῷ οὗ ἂν ᾖ ἱερειωμένος ib. 1183.32 (iv B.C.);

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