ἱεροσυλέω

hierosyleo

rob a temple, commit sacrilege

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 3
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Book I 3
Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20

1363b32
1363b33

Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23

1374a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἱεροσυλέω, pf. ἱεροσύληκα SIG 417.8 (Delph., iii B.C.):—A. rob a temple, commit sacrilege, Ar. V. 845, Antipho 5.10, Pl. R. 575b. II. c. acc., ἱ. τὰ ὅπλα steal the sacred arms, D. 57.64, cf. Lycurg. 136; ἱ. τὰ ἱερά rob or plunder the temples, Plb. 30.26.9; θεούς Phalar. Ep. 84.1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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