ἱερός
Alt. ἱερός, ή, όν
I. "super-human, mighty, divine, wonderful", Hom.; often like θεσπέσιος, to express wonder or admiration, ἱερὸν τέλος, ἱερὸς στρατός "a glorious" band, id=Hom.; ἱερὸς δίφρος "a splendid" chariot, Il.; οὐχ ἱερόν no "mighty matter!" Theocr.
II. "holy, hallowed", Lat. sacer, Hom., etc.; ἱερὸς πόλεμος "a holy" war, Ar., etc.: ἱρὰ γράμματα, ῀ ἱερογλυφικά, Hdt.; ἱερὸν τὸ σῶμα διδόναι, of one "dedicated" to a god, Eur.; ἱερὸς νόμος the law "of sacrifice", Dem.; of the Roman Tribunes, to express "sacrosanctus", Plut.; for ἱερὰ καὶ ὅσια, v. ὅσιος.
2. of kings, heroes, etc., from a notion of "the divinity that doth hedge a king,"Pind., Soph.
III. as Subst.,
1. ἱερά, ionic ἱρά, τά, "offerings, sacrifices, victims", ἱερὰ ῥέζειν, Lat. sacra facere, operari, Il.; ἔρδειν Hes.; θῦσαι Hdt.:—after Hom. "the inwards of the victim, the auspices", τὰ ἱερὰ καλὰ ἦν Xen.; or, simply, τὰ ἱερὰ γίγνεται id=Xen.:—generally, "sacred things or rites", Lat. sacra, Hdt.
2. ἱερόν, ionic ἱρόν, τό, "a temple, holy place", id=Hdt., attic
3. ἱρὸν τῆς δίκης "a sacred principle" of right, Eur.
IV. special phrases:
1. ἱερὸς λόχος, v. λόχος 1. 4.
2. ἱερὰ νόσος "the awful disease, epilepsy", Hdt.
3. ἡ ἱ. ὁδός "the sacred road to Delphi", id=Hdt.
4. ἡ ἱερά (sc. τριήρης), of the Delian ship, or one of the state-ships (Salaminia or Paralos), Dem.
5. Ἱερὰ νῆσος, one of the Liparean group, Thuc.
V. adv. -ρῶς, "holily", Plut.