ἱέρεια

See also: ιέρεια, ἱερεία, and ἱερεῖα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) +‎ -εια (-eia, feminine occupation suffix). Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀂𐀋𐀩𐀊 (i-je-re-ja)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hi.é.reː.a/ → /iˈe.ri.a/ → /iˈe.ri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hi.é.reː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)iˈe.ri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈe.ri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈe.ri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈe.ri.a/

Noun

ἱέρειᾰ • (hiéreiă) f (genitive ἱερείᾱς); first declension

1. priestess [with genitive ‘of a particular goddess’]

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἱέρειᾰ; τῆς ἱερείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἱέρειᾰ hē hiéreiă	τὼ ἱερείᾱ tṑ hiereíā	αἱ ἱέρειαι hai hiéreiai
Genitive	τῆς ἱερείᾱς tês hiereíās	τοῖν ἱερείαιν toîn hiereíain	τῶν ἱερειῶν tôn hiereiôn
Dative	τῇ ἱερείᾳ têi hiereíāi	τοῖν ἱερείαιν toîn hiereíain	ταῖς ἱερείαις taîs hiereíais
Accusative	τὴν ἱέρειᾰν tḕn hiéreiăn	τὼ ἱερείᾱ tṑ hiereíā	τᾱ̀ς ἱερείᾱς tā̀s hiereíās
Vocative	ἱέρειᾰ hiéreiă	ἱερείᾱ hiereíā	ἱέρειαι hiéreiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἱερεύς m (hiereús, “priest”)

References

• ἱέρεια in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἱέρεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press