ἱερός (hieros): all forms
ἱερός means “holy, sacred”. Below is its full declension in Ancient Greek.
Positive
Positive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἱερός | ἱερά · ἱερός | ἱερόν | |
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| Genitive | ἱεροῦ | ἱερᾶς · ἱεροῦ | ἱεροῦ | |
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| Dative | ἱερῷ | ἱερῇ · ἱερῷ | ἱερῷ | |
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| Accusative | ἱερόν | ἱεράν · ἱερόν | ἱερόν | |
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| Vocative | ἱερέ | ἱερά · ἱερέ | ἱερόν | |
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Positive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἱεροί | ἱεραί · ἱεροί | ἱερά | |
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| Genitive | ἱερῶν | ἱερῶν | ἱερῶν | |
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| Dative | ἱεροῖς | ἱεραῖς · ἱεροῖς | ἱεροῖς | ἱερόφι |
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| Accusative | ἱερούς | ἱεράς · ἱερούς | ἱερά | |
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| Vocative | ἱεροί | ἱεραί · ἱεροί | ἱερά | |
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Positive, forms | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Forms | | | | ἱερώτερον |
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Comparative
Comparative, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἱερώτερος | ἱερωτέρα | ἱερώτερον | |
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| Genitive | ἱερωτέρου | ἱερωτέρας | ἱερωτέρου | |
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| Dative | ἱερωτέρῳ | ἱερωτέρᾳ | ἱερωτέρῳ | |
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| Accusative | ἱερώτερον | ἱερωτέραν | ἱερώτερον | |
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| Vocative | ἱερώτερε | ἱερωτέρα | ἱερώτερον | |
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Comparative, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἱερώτεροι | ἱερώτεραι | ἱερώτερα | |
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| Genitive | ἱερωτέρων | ἱερωτέρων | ἱερωτέρων | |
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| Dative | ἱερωτέροις | ἱερωτέραις · ἱερωτέραφι · ἱερωτέρᾳς | ἱερωτέροις | |
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| Accusative | ἱερωτέρους | ἱερωτέρας | ἱερώτερα | |
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| Vocative | ἱερώτεροι | ἱερώτεραι | ἱερώτερα | |
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Comparative, forms | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Forms | | | | ἱερώτερον |
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Superlative
Superlative, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἱερώτατος | ἱερωτάτη | ἱερώτατον | |
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| Genitive | ἱερωτάτου | ἱερωτάτης | ἱερωτάτου | |
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| Dative | ἱερωτάτῳ | ἱερωτάτῃ | ἱερωτάτῳ | |
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| Accusative | ἱερώτατον | ἱερωτάτην | ἱερώτατον | |
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| Vocative | ἱερώτατε | ἱερωτάτη | ἱερώτατον | |
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Superlative, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἱερώτατοι | ἱερώταται | ἱερώτατα | |
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| Genitive | ἱερωτάτων | ἱερωτάτων | ἱερωτάτων | |
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| Dative | ἱερωτάτοις | ἱερωτάταις | ἱερωτάτοις | |
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| Accusative | ἱερωτάτους | ἱερωτάτας | ἱερώτατα | |
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| Vocative | ἱερώτατοι | ἱερώταται | ἱερώτατα | |
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Superlative, forms | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Forms | | | | ἱερώτατα |
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Meaning and examples of ἱερός
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.