The corpus record

ἱεροφαντ-έω

ierophanteo

to be a ἱεροφάντης

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἱεροφαντ-έω · hierophant-eō — LSJ

to be a ἱεροφάντης

to be a ἱεροφάντης, Luc. Alex. 39, SIG 869.19 (Eleusis, ii A.D.).

2 initiate, instruct in mysteries

initiate, instruct in mysteries, Ph. 2.403, al.: c. dat., Id. 1.146:—Pass., -ουμένη ψυχή Id. 2.187.

II expound as a hierophant, inspired

trans., expound as a hierophant, τελετάς Heraclit. All. 64:—Pass., τοὺς ἱεροφαντηθέντας λογισμοὺς θεοῦ inspired, Ph. 1.194.

In the wild

ἱεροφάντης · hierophantēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.7 (DIORISIS sentence 6818)

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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