εἰδωλολατρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εἰδωλολᾰτρείᾱ (eidōlolatreíā)

Etymology

From εἰδωλολᾰτρος (eidōlolatros, “idolater”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.dɔː.lo.la.trí.aː/ → /i.ðo.lo.laˈtri.a/ → /i.ðo.lo.laˈtri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.dɔː.lo.la.trí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.do.lo.laˈtri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.lo.laˈtri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.lo.laˈtri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.lo.laˈtri.a/

Noun

εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ • (eidōlolatríā) f (genitive εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. the worship of idols, idolatry

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ hē eidōlolatríā	τὼ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ tṑ eidōlolatríā	αἱ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́αι hai eidōlolatríai
Genitive	τῆς εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱς tês eidōlolatríās	τοῖν εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́αιν toîn eidōlolatríain	τῶν εἰδωλολᾰτρῐῶν tôn eidōlolatriôn
Dative	τῇ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾳ têi eidōlolatríāi	τοῖν εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́αιν toîn eidōlolatríain	ταῖς εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́αις taîs eidōlolatríais
Accusative	τὴν εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱν tḕn eidōlolatríān	τὼ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ tṑ eidōlolatríā	τᾱ̀ς εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s eidōlolatríās
Vocative	εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ eidōlolatríā	εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ eidōlolatríā	εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́αι eidōlolatríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: īdōlolatrīa, īdōlatrīa
  • Old French: idolatrie
    • English: idolatry

References

• “εἰδωλολατρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εἰδωλολατρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• εἰδωλολατρία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1495 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible