λάτρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [látris]
• (Koine): IPA: [lˈatris]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [lˈatris]

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