hĭĕrŏphanta or -tēs, ae, m., = ἱεροφάντης,
a teacher of religious rites and ceremonies , a high-priest , hierophant , Arn. 5, 174; Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 49 fin. : agrorum, in the country , Cod. Th. 16, 4, 10; Inscr. Orell. 2305; 2351 sq. (in Nep. Pelop. 3, 2, the word is spurious).