λάτρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λάτρον (hire, payment) from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁y (“to grant, possession”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /látris/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /látris/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /látris/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /látris/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /látɾis/

Noun

λάτρις (genitive λάτριος) mf, third declension; (latris)

1. a hired servant
2. a handmaid
3. a slave
4. a god's servant

   Ἀπόλλωνος λάτριν

Related terms

• λατρεία

References

• LSJ