εἰδωλολάτρης

See also: ειδωλολάτρης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image”) +‎ -λάτρης (-látrēs, “worshipper”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.dɔː.lo.lá.trɛːs/ → /i.ðo.loˈla.tris/ → /i.ðo.loˈla.tris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.dɔː.lo.lá.trɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.do.loˈla.tre̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.loˈla.tris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.loˈla.tris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.loˈla.tris/

Noun

εἰδωλολᾰ́τρης • (eidōlolátrēs) m or f (genitive εἰδωλολᾰ́τρου); first declension

1. an idol-worshipper, idolater

Declension

First declension of ὁ, ἡ εἰδωλολᾰ́τρης; τοῦ, τῆς εἰδωλολᾰ́τρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ εἰδωλολᾰ́τρης ho, hē eidōlolátrēs	τὼ εἰδωλολᾰ́τρᾱ tṑ eidōlolátrā	οἱ, αἱ εἰδωλολᾰ́τραι hoi, hai eidōlolátrai
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς εἰδωλολᾰ́τρου toû, tês eidōlolátrou	τοῖν εἰδωλολᾰ́τραιν toîn eidōlolátrain	τῶν εἰδωλολᾰτρῶν tôn eidōlolatrôn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ εἰδωλολᾰ́τρῃ tôi, têi eidōlolátrēi	τοῖν εἰδωλολᾰ́τραιν toîn eidōlolátrain	τοῖς, ταῖς εἰδωλολᾰ́τραις toîs, taîs eidōlolátrais
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν εἰδωλολᾰ́τρην tòn, tḕn eidōlolátrēn	τὼ εἰδωλολᾰ́τρᾱ tṑ eidōlolátrā	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς εἰδωλολᾰ́τρᾱς toùs, tā̀s eidōlolátrās
Vocative	εἰδωλολᾰ́τρᾰ eidōlolátra	εἰδωλολᾰ́τρᾱ eidōlolátrā	εἰδωλολᾰ́τραι eidōlolátrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• στοιχειολάτρης (stoikheiolátrēs)

Derived terms

• εἰδωλολατρία (eidōlolatría)

Descendants

• Greek: ειδωλολάτρης (eidololátris)
• → Latin: īdōlolatra
  • English: idolater
  • French: idolâtre

References

• “εἰδωλολάτρης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἰδωλολάτρης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εἰδωλολάτρης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἰδωλολάτρης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1496 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible