Ἱέρων

See also: ιερών and ἱερῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἱερόν (hierón, “holy place; temple”) +‎ -ων (-ōn), the neuter substantive of ἱερός (hierós, “holy”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἱέρων • (Hiérōn) m (genitive Ἱέρωνος); third declension

  1. a male given name: Hiero

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Ιέρων (Iéron)
  • Italian: Gerone
  • Latin: Hierō; Hieron
  • Sicilian: Jiruni, Giruni

References

  • “Ἱέρων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
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