ἱερεύς

A. ‐ῆvος Inscr.Cypr. 59 H., ὁ, Att. pl. ἱερῆς: gen. sg. and pl. written ἱερείως, ἱερείων, PStrassb. 83.2,9 (ii B.C.):—Ion. nom. ἱρεύς Il. 5.10, 16.604, Od. 9.198: Dor. ἱαρεύς IG 4.1182, al. (gen. ἰαρέος ib.1580); acc. pl. τὸς ἱαρές Schwyzer 236 (Cyrene); nom. pl. οἱ ἱαρές ibid.; nom. sg. ἱαρές GDI 4846 (Cyrene):— also ἱέρεως (Att. and proparox. acc. to Choerob. in Theod. 1.253) SIG 1037.4 (Milet., iv/iii B.C.); gen. ἱέρεω IPE 12.32, al. (Olbia, iii B.C.); dat. ἵρεῳ Schwyzer 692 (Chios, v. B.C.); acc. ἱέρεω Milet. 1(7).203b3 (ii B.C.): ἱερής IG 5(2).115.1 (Tegea, iv/iii B.C.), cf. Inscr.Cypr. 100 H.:—Arc. ἱαρής IG 5(2).13.10 (iii B.C.): acc. ἱερήν ib.3.1 (Tegea, iv B.C.): (ἱερός):—priest, sacrificer, diviner, Il. 1.62, 16.604, Pi. P. 2.17, Hdt. 2.2, And. 1.124, etc.; ἐφ’ ἱερέως, as a date, SIG 332.1 (Potidaea, iv/iii B.C.), etc. (freq. unaspirated, ἐπ’ ἰερέως IG 12(1).890, etc. (Rhodes)); of the Jewish High Priest, D.S. 34/5.1; ἱ. ὁ μέγας LXX Le. 21.10, Ph. 2.591; ἱ. ὁ χριστός LXX Le. 4.5; at Rome, = pontifex, Mon.Anc.Gr. 6.9; ἱ. ὁ μέγιστος, = pont. maximus, D.S. 27.2.

2. metaph., ἱ. τις ἄτας a minister of woe, A. Ag. 735 (lyr.); comically, λεπτοτάτων λήρων ἱερεῦ Ar. Nu. 359; ἱ. Διονύσου, of a winebibber, Eup. 19; ἱ. φιλοσοφίας Lib. Or. 52.42.