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hĭĕrŏphanta

hĭĕrŏphanta · m

a teacher of religious rites and ceremonies

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What it meant

hĭĕrŏphanta — Lewis & Short

hĭĕrŏphanta or -tēs, ae, m., = i(erofa/nths,

I a teacher of religious rites and ceremonies, a high-priest, hierophant, Arn. 5, 174; Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 49 fin.: agrorum, in the country, Cod. Th. 16, 4, 10; Inscr. Orell. 2305; 2351 sq. (in Nep. Pelop. 3, 2, the word is spurious). †† hĭĕrŏphantrĭa, ae, f., = i(erofa/ntria, a priestess, Inscr. Orell. 2361.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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