Ἱερῶσθαι
to have been consecrated
Translated by Catharine Roth20 May 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Thucydides says: "believing that they had been consecrated although they were not pure because of some ancient fault." For it means to have been judged sacred, and as if to have been dedicated.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἱερῶσθαι· φησὶ Θουκυδίδης· νομίσαντες κατὰ δή τινα παλαιὰν αἰτίαν οὐ καθαροὺς ὄντας ἱερῶσθαι. σημαίνει γὰρ τὸ ἱεροὺς νενομίσθαι, καὶ οἷον καθιερῶσθαι.
Betacode
*(ierw=sqai: fhsi\ *qoukudi/dhs: nomi/santes kata\ dh/ tina palaia\n ai)ti/an ou) kaqarou\s o)/ntas i(erw=sqai. shmai/nei ga\r to\ i(erou\s nenomi/sqai, kai\ oi(=on kaqierw=sqai.