ἱερεύω
hiereuo
sacrifice
Appears 29 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἱερεύω, Ion.ἱρεύω Od. 14.94, al.; Ion.impf. ἱρεύεσκον 20.3: 3sg. plpf. Pass. ἱέρευτο Il. 24.125: (ἱερός):—A. 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. 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 2.302. 3. consecrate, devote to a god, ἱερευομένη παρθένος 3.18.4. 4. sacrifice, i.e. slay, 2.34, Goth. 2.25.
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