ἱερεῖον

hiereion

victim, animal for sacrifice

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Lysis 1
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206e4
Minos 1
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315c7
Republic 1
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Book VIII 1
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565d10
Statesman 1
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287c3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἱερεῖον, τό, Ion. ἱερήϊον or ἱρήϊον (the former in Hom. (pl. written ἱερήιια SIG 57.14 (Milet., v B.C.)), the latter in Hdt.), Dor. ἱᾰρήϊον Berl.Sitzb. 1927.159 (Cyrene), prob. in Leg.Gort. 10.38:—A. victim, animal for sacrifice, ἱρεύειν ἱερήϊον Od. 14.94; ἱερήϊα πολλὰ παρεῖχον ib.250; ἐπεὶ οὐχ ἱ. οὐδὲ βοείην ἀρνύσθην Il. 22.159 (prov. for ‘no trifling stake’, Cic. Att. 1.1.4), cf. Hdt. 1.132, 6.57, Ar. Lys. 84, Pax 1091, And. 1.126; opp. <ἁγνὰ> θύματα, Th. 1.126; ἱερεῖον καὶ ἱερά Test.Epict. 5.35; freq. of sheep, OGI 214.62 (Didyma, iii B.C.), IPE 12.76 (Olbia, perh. iv B.C.); of pigs, PCair.Zen. 161 (iii B.C.). 2. in Od. 11.23 (pl.), offering for the dead, for which, acc. to Sch., τόμιον or ἔντομον was more correct. II. cattle slaughtered for food, Hp. Aff. 52, Mnesith. ap. Orib. 2.68.6: in pl., X. Cyr. 1.4.17; of sucking-pigs, Gal. 1.578, 10.489.

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