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ἱερεύω

ἱερεύω, to slaughter

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ἱρεύουσʼ present active participle feminine nominative plural, present active participle feminine vocative plural, present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle feminine vocative singular, present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of ἱερεύω

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ἱερ-εύω, Ion. ἱρεύω Od. 14.94, al.; Ion. impf. ἱρεύεσκον 20.3: 3 sg. plpf. Pass. ἱέρευτο Il. 24.125: (ἱερός):—
  • sacrifice, βοῦς . . ἤνις ἠκέστας ἱερευσέμεν 6.94; ταύρους [ποταμῷ] 21.131; τοῖσι δὲ βοῦν ἱέρευσε . . Ζηνί Od. 13.24, etc.: abs., offer sacrifice, τῇ θεῷ Ant.Lib. 20.2.
      • 2 slaughter for a feast, βοῦς ἱερεύοντες . . εἰλαπινάζουσιν Od. 2.56; ἄξεθʼ ὑῶν τὸν ἄριστον, ἵνα ξείνῳ ἱερεύσω 14.414, cf. 8.59; also δεῖπνον δʼ αἶψα συῶν ἱερεύσατε ὅς τις ἄριστος 24.215:—Med., βοῦς ἱρεύσασθαι oxen to slaughter for themselves, 19.198; μῆλα A.R. 2.302.
      • 3 consecrate, devote to a god, ἱερευομένη παρθένος Paus. 3.18.4.
      • 4 sacrifice, i.e. slay, Ph. 2.34, Procop. Goth. 2.25.

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