| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| τεμένη | sacred precincts | LXX.Hos.8.14 |
| your sacred precincts | LXX.Ezek.6.4 • LXX.Ezek.6.6 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
τέμενος (temenos) a sacred precinct G:N-N
τέμενος-ος, εος, τό,
[Refs 4th c.AD+] nominative and accusative singular τέμενοςες [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect genitive singular τεμένηος [Refs 7th c.BC+]: (τέμνω):—a piece of land cut off and assigned as an official domain, especially to kings and chiefs, καὶ μέν οἱ [Βελλεροφόντῃ] Αύκιοι τ. τάμον ἔξοχον ἄλλων καλὸν φυταλιῆς καὶ ἀρούρης, ὄφρα νέμοιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. περικαλλὲς.. πεντηκοντόγυον [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, precinct, ἔνθα τέ οἱ τ. βωμός τε θυήεις [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in it stood the temple or shrine, [τέμενοςος, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.33; Syracuse is the τ. Ἄρεος [prev. work] 2.2 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; the sacred valley of the Nile is the Νείλοιο πῖον τ. Κρονίδα [Refs]; the Acropolis is the ἱερὸν τ. (of Pallas), [τέμενοςος αἰθέρος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 365; ἀνέμων 4th-3rd c.BC: Philetas 13 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; Μαραθὼν σῆς ἀρετῆς τ. [Refs]; τρόπαια στησάμενοι Διὸς.. τέμενοςος to be a grove of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sacred grones, [Refs]
__III temple, ἄγαμαι τοῦ τ. τῆς ὀροφῆς Chor.p.88 [Refs 5th c.BC+]