ἱερεὺς | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

a priest; one who performs sacred rites and offerings for a god or sanctuary. In a civic or cultic context, a designated religious official charged with conducting sacrifices and ceremonies.

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Grammatical Analysis

"ἱερεὺς"

Case: nominative

Number: singular

Gender: masculine

Declension: 3rd declension (consonant-stem; stem ἱερεϝ-/ἱερευ-)

Related Forms of ἱερεύς

4 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἱερεύς nominative, singular, masculine hiereus nominative, singular, masculine ἱερεῖς nominative, plural, masculine ιερεις nominative, plural, masculine

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