HIERON

Meaning of HIERON in English

ˈhīəˌrän noun

( plural hi·era -ərə)

Etymology: Greek, from neuter of hieros holy, sacred — more at ire

: a consecrated place (as a temple) in ancient Greece

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HIERON — biographical name see: Hiero I
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIERON — (n.) A consecrated place; esp., a temple.
Английский словарь Webster
HIERON — ( n. ) A consecrated place; esp., a temple.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HIERON — /huy"euh ron', huy"ron/ , n. , pl. hiera /-euhr euh/ . (in ancient Greece) a temple or a sacred place. …
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HIERON — see Hiero I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIERON — noun a consecrated place; ·esp., a temple.
Webster English vocab
HIERON II — died 216/215 BC tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily, from about 270 to 216/215 BC, who struggled against the Mamertini and eventually …
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HIERON I — died 467/466 BC, Catana, Sicily brother of the tyrant Gelon and tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily, from 478 to 467/466 BC. …
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SACRUM — noun (plural sacra) Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin os ~ last bone of the spine, literally, holy bone, translation …
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HIERODULE — noun Etymology: Late Latin hierodulus, from Greek hierodoulos, from hieron temple + doulos slave Date: 1835 a slave or prostitute …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIERO I — or Hieron biographical name died 467(or 466) B.C. tyrant of Syracuse (478-467 or 466)
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SACRUM — ˈsakrəm, ˈsāk- noun ( plural sacra -rə) Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin (in os sacrum last bone of the …
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-HIERIC — |hī|erik, -rēk adjective combining form Etymology: Greek hieron ( osteon ) sacrum (from hieron — neuter of hieros powerful, sacred …
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HIERA — plural of hieron
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SACRUM — /sak"reuhm, say"kreuhm/ , n. , pl. sacra /sak"reuh, say"kreuh/ . Anat. a bone resulting from the fusion of two or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SACRUM — noun ( plural sa·cra ˈsa-krə, ˈsā-) Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin os sacrum last bone of the spine, literally, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIERODULE — noun Etymology: Late Latin hierodulus, from Greek hierodoulos, from hieron temple + doulos slave Date: 1835 : a slave or …
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SACRUM — [ 'seɪkrəm , 'sak- ] ■ noun ( plural sacra -krə or ~s ) Anatomy a triangular bone in the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SACRUM — [sa.crum] n, pl sa.cra [NL, fr. LL os sacrum last bone of the spine, lit., holy bone, trans. of Gk …
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HIERODULE — [hi.ero.dule] n [LL hierodulus, fr. Gk hierodoulos, fr. hieron temple + doulos slave] (1835): a slave or prostitute in the …
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TYRANT — Greek Tyrannos a cruel and oppressive ruler or, in ancient Greece, a ruler who seized power unconstitutionally or inherited such …
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SYRACUSE — city, seat (1827) of Onondaga county, central New York, U.S. It lies at the south end of Lake Onondaga, midway …
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MAMERTINI — English Mamertines band of mercenaries from Campania, in Italy, who, by a shift in alliances, touched off the First Punic …
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LEONTINI — ancient Greek town of southeastern Sicily, 22 miles northwest of Syracuse. Originally held by the Sicels (Siculi), its command of …
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HIMERA — ancient city on the northern Himeras (modern Grande) River, on the northern coast of Sicily. It was founded in about …
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HIERAPOLIS — modern Pamukkale ancient Phrygian city in southwestern Turkey, about 6 miles (10 km) north of the ruins of Laodicea. Situated …
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GELON — born c. 540 BC died 478 tyrant of the cities of Gela (491485) and Syracuse (485478) in Sicily. On the …
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DUCETIUS — died c. 440 BC a Hellenized leader of the Siculi, an ancient people of Sicily, who for a short time …
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DELOS — Modern Greek Dhlos, island, one of the smallest of the Cyclades, Greece, an ancient centre of religious, political, and commercial …
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CATANIA — Latin Catana, or Catina, city, capital of Catania provincia, eastern Sicily, Italy, in the broad plain of Catania on the …
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BACCHYLIDES — flourished 5th century BC Greek lyric poet of the Aegean island of Ceos, nephew of the poet Simonides and a …
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